"I'm not the kind of poet who arranges treasure-hunts to please the academics and keep them busy. Poetry should be surprising in deeper ways."

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Michael Longley

#Treasure Quotes #Way Quotes #Kind Quotes

“I started working and publishing in price theory by 1938.”
“If they arenâ€™t hating on you, then youâ€™re not doing anything right. If women arenâ€™t jealous of you, talking about you and cutting you down, then youâ€™re a nerd, and I would never want to be that.”
“A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.”
“The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.”
“We all have levels of performance.”
“Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.”
“Theories have nothing to do with life ...”
“The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb.”

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