James Fenton 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. – James Fenton Acquainted Quotes Carries Quotes Hear Quotes History Quotes Nursery Quotes Oral Quotes Origin Quotes Poetry Quotes Read Quotes Rhymes Quotes Transmission Quotes 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. When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in modern spelling and with modern punctuation, and with notes. But any poetry that is performed – from song lyric to tragic speech – must make its point, as it were, without reference back.
Olafur Eliasson I myself have already spent a third of my life in Germany, first in Cologne and then, since 1994, in Berlin. – Olafur Eliasson
Paul Singer Credit ratings and risk weightings must undergo a thorough process of review and revision. No security or instrument on the planet should have a zero risk weighting. – Paul Singer
Katie Melua But I do believe in living life to the full and so I have no problems spending money on travel and holidays. – Katie Melua
ForgivenessSandra Cisneros Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and forgiveness. There is love after someone dies. – Sandra Cisneros
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