"All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is."

-- Harold Bloom

#Encouragement Quotes #Giving Quotes #Inheritance Quotes

“Don't think this has taught me a lesson !”
“I have never compared myself to anyone, but it's hard to resist him!!”
“What's been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.”
“Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd run out of them.”
“I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those.”
“The science of political economy is essentially practical, and applicable to the common business of human life. There are few branches of human knowledge where false views may do more harm, or just views more good.”
“I like sweet wines. My idea has always been that when you're young, you like sweet wines; and then you get sophisticated, and you drink dry white; and then you get knowledgeable, and you drink heavy reds; and then you get old, and you drink sweet again.”
“Had my credentials been in order I would never have become a writer. Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write. I write entirely to find out what Iâ€™m thinking, what Iâ€™m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”

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