Guy Davenport Quotes

The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination.

Guy Davenport

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 23, 1927 - January 4, 2005

Topics

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I've never been known as a riff kind of artist.

Joe Bonamassa

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When you are shy, you live a lot in your own head.

Joelle Carter

LiveYouShyHeadOwnYour

For me to pretend I'm the keeper of the small town mentality or that's all I'm interested in is wrong.

John Mellencamp

MeSmallSmall TownWrongPretend

Only great people can make great products.

Ruchi Sanghvi

GreatPeopleGreat PeopleProducts

Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles.

Ruggiero Ricci

StyleYouKnowImportantEveryone

I'm not sure you can do anything quickly or easily with the North.

Mitchell Reiss

YouAnythingSureNorthQuickly

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Lord Byron

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The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

Joseph Joubert

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Angelina is my daughter and I am always wishing her the best.

Jon Voight

DaughterBestI AmAlwaysHerAm

I've been a fan of Taylor Swift for years - ever since I heard her song 'Love Story.' I'm also a really big fan of Selena Gomez - I really started listening to her a lot in the months before and during my court martial in 2013.

Chelsea Manning

LoveListeningSongStoryYearsBig

I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a scene or two and do your thing. But I find it frustrating if I'm just doing little bits here and there for too long.

Brendan Gleeson

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Harry Truman, with what he did in dropping and having the guts to drop the bomb in 1944, saved - saved millions of American lives.

Bobby Knight

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