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In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets. ↗

— James Broughton

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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down. ↗

— A. Whitney Brown

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Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be. ↗

— James Broughton

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My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it. ↗

— James Broughton

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My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images. ↗

— James Broughton

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My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls. ↗

— James Broughton

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Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is. ↗

— James Broughton

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The only limits are, as always, those of vision. ↗

— James Broughton

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The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy. ↗

— James Broughton

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The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by men. It is all part of a great scheme of sex propaganda. ↗

— Heywood Broun

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