Salvatore Quasimodo Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement. – Salvatore Quasimodo Considers Quotes Dictatorship Quotes Experiments Quotes Hermetic Quotes Justification Quotes Mark Quotes Movement Quotes Origin Quotes Poetic Quotes Polemic Quotes We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude. As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for – and it must be said again – the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center.
Lupe Fiasco There’s already been black presidents who’ve been corrupt, so it doesn’t strike me that having a black man in office means he’s going to be the Messiah. – Lupe Fiasco
Jack Gilbert Fame is a lot of fun, but it’s not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn’t have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring. – Jack Gilbert
Dean Rusk Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state. – Dean Rusk
Rory Kennedy With ‘Women in Hollywood,’ I didn’t direct it, but I produced it, and what we did is followed the money of Hollywood and how that intersects with issues relating to women and, frankly, sexism. – Rory Kennedy
Jeannette Rankin Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn’t make sense not to use both. – Jeannette Rankin
Anand Mahindra Just like you have fire regulations, they should have regulations that no building would be made without charging points for electric vehicles. – Anand Mahindra
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