T. E. Hulme Quotes
The unit of significance in the poem is not the word but the phrase or sentence...a poet should consider the effect of the whole poem, not its local felicities.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm high energy.
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I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.
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Along with 'Free,' where I sing quite a bit, there are additional songs on 'Skin' where you can hear my voice in the background - lots of 'oohs' and 'aahs.' But more often than not, I use my vocals to prompt other rappers and singers to feel calmer, better, bolder.
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I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.
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Economies are embedded inside ecosystems. Companies dependent on tourism, for example, are affected by low rainfall - there's less snow for skiers, and forest fires are more intense.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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Money often costs too much.
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Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.
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I imagine a future with no waste; material innovations have already become exponentially more vast, and I do think the future needs to be cradle to cradle. If designed properly, one product could be used for many years before needing to be recycled, or its components reused.
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Photographers have to make the clothes look fantastic; that's why we get paid.
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Every kid has a laptop; everyone can make music, so in order to stand out, I think it's important to find that sonic identity, I think my sonic identity - and mine is finding these weird sounds that may not necessarily sound that musical, and make them sound musical.
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I believe in tackling things you're afraid of.
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Before vampires were aesthetically appealing, they were physical anomalies and ostracized outsiders whom we banished to the dark, and they didn't have the appeal that they do now.
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Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.
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My character and my behavior is not for politics. I say what I think. I'm too liberal.
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I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.
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I always wanted to sound like a man, like Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits.
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Rule of law has prevailed over Obama's unconstitutional executive overreach.
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The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.
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After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate.
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Inspirational leadership connects to a highly motivated workforce which, in turn, means inspirational results.
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The unit of significance in the poem is not the word but the phrase or sentence...a poet should consider the effect of the whole poem, not its local felicities.
