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Guy Davenport Quotes

Poetry and fiction have grieved for a century now over the loss of some vitality which they think they see in a past from which we are by now irrevocably alienated.

Guy Davenport

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Past Poetry Think Loss Now See

The thing I try to tell people who are just starting in the business is to listen to yourself, trust yourself, and be kind to yourself. And do the work to cultivate who you are and what your point of view is. Don't try to be like anybody else. That's what will make you an interesting artist.

Jessie Mueller

Work Business Be Kind Trust Yourself

If I could be working every day, I would be.

Melanie Lynskey

Day Every Day If I Could Working

I really don't like to do back-to-back movies. I concentrate on things at home. My family and school life are important to me. I try to do one movie a year.

Anna Chlumsky

Life Family Home School Me Year

No, I don't know any Emily Dickinson poems!

Andy Richter

Know Poems Emily Dickinson Any Emily

The rise of King Crimson was so fast that, to me, it felt as if it was going out of control. And it was going so fast that I couldn't keep up with what was happening.

Michael Giles

King Me Control Rise Fast Out

Women being pitted each other another in Hollywood is an old tactic, but it's not real at all.

Shirley MacLaine

Women Hollywood Old Real Being Each

Comedy as a genre is the one that has given me maximum success, and I do broadly get associated with this genre. I thoroughly enjoy comedy, especially because it is inherent to my personality.

Riteish Deshmukh

Success Personality Me Comedy Enjoy

Audit the Fed is a bill that would politicize monetary policy, would bring short-term political pressures to bear on the Fed. In terms of openness about our financial accounts, we are extensively audited.

Janet Yellen

Financial Political Bear Audit Bring

I was too young to ever have fun in the '90s, so I'm always trying to relive what I wasn't a part of.

Chelsea Leyland

Fun Have Fun Trying Young Always

The older I get, the more interesting the part has to be. Bobby Knight is extremely interesting.

Brian Dennehy

Interesting More Knight Get Older

The great European dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy Europeans together. But we are going to see the old monster of militant nationalism being awoken when people realise how little control their politicians have.

Antony Beevor

Great Together Happy People Be Happy

In voiceover, all you have to worry about is your voice and practicing with your voice and then being able to understand what the situation and whatnot is happening. And you have endless amounts of film to perfect the character.

Atticus Shaffer

Character Voice Worry You Perfect