Ezra Pound Quotes
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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Cornwall bears a certain resemblance to Italy: each is like a leg or boot, but Italy stands a-tiptoe to the south, whereas Cornwall is thrust out to the west. But, whereas Italy is kicking Sicily as a football, Cornwall has but the shattered group of the Scilly Isles at its toe.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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The first bike that I bought was a Triumph 650. I really like the Triumph 650. I mean, of course, I've driven Harleys, and I think in 'Savage Seven' I drove an Indian, but - I really love Triumph.
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I don't like to run. You will not see me running on a treadmill ever. Ever! I like boxing, though, so if I can go to the gym and box for 30 minutes, I will.
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
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I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.
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I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.
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I think I've developed, as many people do, this sense of, 'Don't say the wrong thing, or else people will point at you and laugh.'
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Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die or to be maimed for life without the faintest idea of what's going on.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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The purpose of concept art as a genre is to unbrainwash our mathematical and logical faculties.
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I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.
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If love is blind I guess I'll buy myself a cane.
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Friends help friends fight pixies.
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The high-performance packaging not only delivers distinction at point of sale, but also reflects the edgy personalities of products they hold.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
