Ezra Pound Quotes

I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know.

Ezra Pound

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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.

Taylor Mali
- Time
- God
- Person
Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.

Saint Patrick
- Lies
- Compassion
- Top
There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.

J. D. Salinger
- Time
- Book
- Moment
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

E. W. Howe
- War
- Boy
- Hero
To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.

Karl Shapiro
- Hate
- Know
- Child
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.

Malcolm X
- Real
- Power
- Freedom