Sidney Lanier Quotes

I have frequently noticed in myself a tendency to a diffuse style; a disposition to push my metaphors too far, employing a multitude of words to heighten the patness of the image, and so making of it a conceit rather than a metaphor, a fault copiously illustrated in the poetry of Cowley, Waller, Donne, and others of that ilk.

Sidney Lanier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 3, 1842 - September 7, 1881

Topics

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I think someone in the union has the right to a private vote, and that's why I'm anti-card check. I grew up in a union family. My grandfather was a coal miner; he was in the union.

Jim Renacci

FamilyThinkSomeoneGrandfatherWhy

Whether you work with a small or corporate press, the important thing is to have realistic expectations in terms of sales, promotion, and the work you have to do as an author promoting your novel.

Joe Meno

WorkSmallExpectationsYouSales

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

CulturePeaceMindPeace Of Mind

So when they don't have certainty, they go the other way. In Ohio, we have given them certainty and things have been improved. But if we can get a Romney presidency, they are going to get much better.

John Kasich

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I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted.

John Lee Hancock

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The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

Amanda Lindhout

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I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.

Steve Jobs

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The movie portrayed me as this person who cussed every 10 seconds, and I don't cuss like that.

Tonya Harding

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The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

LeadershipFailureWomenProfessional

I always felt like we were here to do a job, so you should be out there practicing and playing.

Logan Mankins

JobYouAlwaysOutPlayingHere

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.

Bono

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I didn't really think I liked jazz all that much until I was about 18. That's when the freedom and possibilities of it began to seem appealing to me.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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