#poets

All those big words produce disgust today. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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For a game, you don’t need a teacher. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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We need knew knights, but without swords. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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He confided his deepest secret to you; be always wary of his secret. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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They grew; they did not talk about growing. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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You not only are hunted by others, you unknowingly hunt yourself. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen ... Perhaps it can't be done without the poet, but it certainly can't be done without the people. The poet and the people get on generally very badly, and yet they need each other. The poet knows it sooner than the people do. The people usually know it after the poet is dead; but that's all right. The point is to get your work done, and your work is to change the world. ↗

— James Baldwin

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I used to know Brian Howard well -- a dazzling young man to my innocent eyes. In later life he became very dangerous -- constantly attacking people with his fists in public places -- so I kept clear of him. He was consumptive but the immediate cause of his death was a broken heart. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

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