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Guy Davenport Quotes

The real use of imaginative reading is precisely to suspend one's mind in the workings of another sensibility.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Mind Reading Real Use Sensibility

In the case of 'Sweet Tooth,' and in the case of a lot of stuff I do, it all starts with the image. It may be something I sketch in my sketchbooks - something that reoccurs in the sketchbooks. Eventually, a character or story line starts to grow out of that.

Character Sweet Story Grow Sketch

It's my job to stretch and figure out what I'm capable of, to identify with the character I have chosen to play.

Character Job Play Capable Out

My view is that you have to deal with who you are. It's hard work, in a way, but somebody has to do it.

Work Hard Work View You Way Hard

I'd done an Edinburgh show before, in 1981, called 'The Importance of Being Varnished' - I was in the pun trade at the time.

Time Done Trade Being Show Pun

The problem of Islam as a political force is an essential one for our time and for the years to come, and we cannot approach it with a modicum of intelligence if we start out from a position of hatred.

Michel Foucault

Time Intelligence Start Political

Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable.

Jose Angel Gurria

Against Valuable Providing Recourse

The great thing about 'Allen Gregory' is that we try to make it really questionable that the things he says have happened, have really happened. We like that ambiguity.

Great Try Things Ambiguity Happened

I had this thing where I only wanted to work on original material, no adaptations, and obviously, that changed. I really wanted to have the resources and have the space and the time to tell stories that I've really cared about. I've kind of changed my approach, but I've gotten to do that, to tell stories that I really care about.

Work Time Space Care Kind Resources

There's nothing worse than being stuck with a bad song.

Song Bad Nothing Being Stuck Worse

Munich is a great city. I have lived in many cities in Europe, but I have never felt this comfortable, and my wife and children love it as well.

Love Children Great Wife City Never

When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.

Yourself Enough You Forget Only

Donald Trump is not a politician and has not been around the Hill like many of the other candidates were.

Scott DesJarlais

Donald Trump Hill Politician Been

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