James Fenton Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since. – James Fenton Drama Quotes Elizabethan Quotes Jacobean Quotes Periods Quotes Poetic Quotes Surprising Quotes Wealth Quotes Working alone on a poem, a poet is of all artists the most free. The poem can be written with a modicum of technology, and can be published, in most cases, quite cheaply. Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. Its transmission today is still in part oral, because we become acquainted with poetry through nursery rhymes, which we hear before we can read.
Bob Weir I was gifted with a life that was full of adventure. I’ve always believed, if you’re gifted, that it’s incumbent not to think about giving something back. – Bob Weir
David Roberts It’s not at all naturally human to see something like the Grand Canyon as beautiful. – David Roberts
Marielle Heller It feels like there are two very different parts to making movies. There’s the making of it and then there’s the putting out of it – and I like the making of the movies a lot more than putting it out into the world. – Marielle Heller
Romeo Dallaire Those who are mastering more and more the communications revolution, those who realize that there are no borders in the world, are the ones who are going to leap ahead. – Romeo Dallaire
AgeBeautyDennis PragerFriendship Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example? – Dennis Prager
Fred L Turner You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you’re going to work on. – Fred L Turner
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