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I did private study for about a month, five days a week, six hours a day. I came to understand the character in ways that I never would've previous to that. I was so innocent in respect to ways of creating characters. ↗

— Corin Nemec

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Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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I liked the kid who wrote me that he had to do a term paper on a modern poet and he was doing me because, though they say you have to read poems twice, he found he could handle mine in one try. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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Occasionally a student writer comes up with something really beautiful and moving, and you won't know for years if it was an accident or the first burst of something wonderful. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great. ↗

— Enid Nemy

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