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Jack Nicholson: There is no...

Jack Nicholson: There is no...

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through...

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John Barrymore: I've read some...

John Barrymore: I've read some...

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.

Source: In The...

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John Barrymore: You can only...

John Barrymore: You can only...

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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John Barrymore: Why is there...

John Barrymore: Why is there...

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Richardson: You've got to...

Ralph Richardson: You've got to...

You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented...

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Joseph Brodsky: The poetic notion...

Joseph Brodsky: The poetic notion...

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

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May Swenson: The summer that...

May Swenson: The summer that...

The summer that I was ten --
Can it be there was only one summer that I was ten? It must
have been a long one...

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May Swenson: I was the...

May Swenson: I was the...

I was the horse and the rider . . .

Source: The Centaur, Sts. I & 2, To Mix with...

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Philip James Bailey: Simplicity is natures...

Philip James Bailey: Simplicity is natures...

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Philip James Bailey: The worst men...

Philip James Bailey: The worst men...

The worst men often give the best advice.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Robert Bridges: The day begins...

Robert Bridges: The day begins...

The day begins to droop, -
Its course is done:
But nothing tells the place
Of the setting...

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William Watson: Pain with the...

William Watson: Pain with the...

Pain with the thousand teeth.

Source: The Dream of Man.
-- William Watson, (Aug...

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George Moses Horton: I leave my...

George Moses Horton: I leave my...

I leave my parents here behind
And all my friends to love resigned
'Tis grief to go, but death to...

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Jenny Joseph: When I am...

Jenny Joseph: When I am...

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall...

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Stephane Mallarme: There is only...

Stephane Mallarme: There is only...

There is only beauty -- and it has only one perfect expression -- Poetry. All the rest is a lie -- except for those...

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May Swenson: Human double-barreled eyes,<br>in...

May Swenson: Human double-barreled eyes,
in...

Human double-barreled eyes,
in their narrow blind,
hope to shoot and hit
-- if they can find it
-- the...

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Caius Valerius Catullus: For the godly...

Caius Valerius Catullus: For the godly...

For the godly poet must be chaste himself, but there is no need for his verses to be so.

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Philip James Bailey: We live in...

Philip James Bailey: We live in...

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives...

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Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Marred pleasure's best, shadow makes the sun strong.

Source: The Queen and the...

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Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Poems come from incomplete knowledge.

Source: With Words, The Motorcycle Betrayal...

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