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Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline. ↗

— Kelly Preston

#amazing #decisions #discipline #kids #make

The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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Wars are made to make debt. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

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The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

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Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

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I have a horrible memory and I used to consider that a liability, but I've learned along the way that talking to people is really a beautiful thing. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

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