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Henry John Newbolt: Take my drum...

Henry John Newbolt: Take my drum...

Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore,
Strike et when your powder's runnin' low;
If the Dons sight...

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Henry John Newbolt: Now the sunset...

Henry John Newbolt: Now the sunset...

Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song for ever
She's the...

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Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn.


Source:...

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Richard Lovelace: Tell me not,...

Richard Lovelace: Tell me not,...

Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind,
To war and arms...

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Robert Frost: A poem. ....

Robert Frost: A poem. ....

A poem. . . begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. . . . It finds the...

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Andrew Schneider: You bluffed me...

Andrew Schneider: You bluffed me...

You bluffed me I don't like it when people bluff me. It makes me question my perception of...

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Paul Newman: Acting isn't really...

Paul Newman: Acting isn't really...

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

Source: In...

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Marlon Brando: It's the hardest...

Marlon Brando: It's the hardest...

It's the hardest thing in the world to accept a 'little' success and leave it that way.

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Mickey Rooney: I was a...

Mickey Rooney: I was a...

I was a 14-year-old boy for 30 years.

Source: On his film roles, quoted in NY...

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John Russell: Sanity calms, but...

John Russell: Sanity calms, but...

Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.

Source:
-- John Russell, (Jan 3...

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John Barrymore: Die? I should...

John Barrymore: Die? I should...

Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to...

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Paul Newman: How many honest...

Paul Newman: How many honest...

How many honest men do you know? Take the sinners away from the saints, you're lucky to end up with Abraham...

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Ralph Richardson: Actors are the...

Ralph Richardson: Actors are the...

Actors are the jockeys of literature. Others supply the horses, the plays, and we simply make them...

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John Keats: The only means...

John Keats: The only means...

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing --to let the mind be a...

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William Carlos Williams: Afraid lest he...

William Carlos Williams: Afraid lest he...

Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated -- thrown aside -- a man...

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John Clare: If life had...

John Clare: If life had...

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

Source: Letter to a...

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Joaquin Miller: That man who...

Joaquin Miller: That man who...

That man who lives for self alone,
Lives for the meanest mortal known.


Source:...

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Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Better by far that you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.

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Christina Rossetti: So now in...

Christina Rossetti: So now in...

So now in patience I possess
My soul year after tedious year,
Content to take the lowest place
The place...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: He who learns,...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: He who learns,...

He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend...

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