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To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

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It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

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His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

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I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

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I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

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No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. ↗

— Thomas Berger

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A lot of songs are derivative of each other. ↗

— Tori Amos

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I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil. ↗

— Tori Amos

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I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating. ↗