"The poet resists the pressures of reality, including the pressures of violence, in making, in forming, the poem. The tension is in the resistance - the poem is an act of resistance."

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Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

Lawrence Joseph

#Reality Quotes #Violence Quotes #Poet Quotes

“I think that a lot of us at home are iron chefs in their own right in that we have to come up with meals real quickly.”
“Rick Steiner is so stupid, it takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.”
“Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.”
“I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.”
“Only our company and a handful of others are poised to write the future.”
“I was an equal opportunity eater. Every ethnic group got a shot.”
“It's kind of part of human nature to want to know the truth or want to be in on the secret. For stories that focus in on that - like whodunits - it's easy to get drawn into.”

Source : "Q&A – Mireille Enos (Sarah Linden)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. April 2012.
“Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.”

Source : The Theory of the Leisure Class ch. 4 (1899) See Rae 1

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