Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.
Lascelles Abercrombie
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I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
Manuel Puig
For me, I've been known as a very well-rounded fighter, and I think that's really important, that you're well rounded and comfortable in every situation that a fight can go. A lot of people focus on just one discipline, and when they get out of that, they're in a difficult position.
Paige VanZant
I think the Miss Universe title not only gives me the opportunity to become a role model for Latina girls around the world, but to show that beauty isn't just about the outside.
Gabriela Isler
I'm stubborn; I know what I want. I'll dedicate all my efforts to achieving it.
Carlo Rubbia
Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.
Walter Pater
Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so important. I am here to have fun here with my work.
Gary Shteyngart
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Maya Angelou
Liberia can move on and break from the past. That is very important for us to try to achieve our development goals and reconcile our nation.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Fage does not make great yogurt.
Hamdi Ulukaya
With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.
Kelly Miller
A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be candid, I myself, for example, have never in my life said a word to my pupils about the "meaning" of music; if there is one it does not need my explanations. On the other hand I have always made a great point of having my pupils count their eighths and sixteenths nicely. Whatever you become, teacher, scholar, or musician, have respect for the "meaning" but do not imagine that it can be taught.
Hermann Hesse
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.
Lascelles Abercrombie
