"Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means than shock."

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Source : Denise Levertov (1973). “The poet in the world”, New Directions Publishing Corporation

Denise Levertov

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“Hemingway is a baby when he turns up in Paris, but he's an ambitious baby. And he has the talent. And he's there to stage his breakthrough. So many of the expats who were there at that time were there to do precisely that. It was an ambition-fueled town.”
“I can never tell a joke, I've always found it easier to just fall over.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action.”
“We can afford almost any mistake once.”
“When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.”
“Love rarely overtakes; it mostly comes to meet us.”

Source : Wilhelm Stekel (1931). “Marriage at the Crossroads”
“The corporate facilities that we have here are as good as anywhere in Australia and the motorcycle people are certainly going to enjoy those.”
“It seems like a lot of music today is so churned out and simple.”

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