"Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off by themselves and blush with shame; not so the great poet.... If you really have to quote someone, quote a geographer; that way you won't give yourself away. (p 44)"

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Source : Knut Hamsun (2011). “Mysteries”, p.33, Souvenir Press

Knut Hamsun

#Giving Quotes #Way Quotes #Fool Quotes

“Who's counting? It was, of course, the minority who were counting. It always is. Most of the women I know today would dearly like to use their fingers and toes for some activity more enthralling than counting. They have been counting for so long. But the peculiar problem of the new math is that every time we stop adding, somebody starts subtracting. At the very least (the advanced students will understand this) the rate of increase slows. ... The minority members of any group or profession have two answers: They can keep score or they can lose.”
“My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.”

Source : "Schoenberg‎". Book by Merle Armitage, p. 143, 1971.
“There are no friends; only moments of friendship.”

Source : Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). “The Journal of Jules Renard”, p.67, Tin House Books
“Everything a captain does in a team room is done to keep the team loose.”

Source : "If It's Solheim Cup Week, You Can Bet Beth Daniel Will Be There". Interview With Melanie Hauser, www.espn.com. September 16, 2015.
“My son is a hip-hop producer.”
“I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.”
“In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development.”
“Any opportunity to serve in the Church is a blessing.”

Source : Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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