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Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can be made into. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

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The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does. ↗

— Georg Baselitz

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All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool. ↗

— Steven Brust

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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. ↗

— Alan Coren

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