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Howard Nemerov Quotes

When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: February 29, 1920 - July 5, 1991

Topics

Alive New Frost Poet New England

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

Become Invested Iraqis

I'm not good at raising money. I don't like to raise money. It's been my experience that when I ask someone for money, it's not long before they return the favor.

Good Money Experience Someone Long

I don't think Roger Dodger is really about men. I think it is more about relationships and about how you present yourself, not only to the opposite sex, but to yourself. What lies are you going to tell yourself in order to get through the day?

Day Men Yourself Think Present You

I pretty much just focus on making the records - unless I'm self-releasing them; then I do my own thing. But at some point, you have to stop worrying about chains of distribution, or it takes out of your time to write.

Time Focus You Stop Chains My Own

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

Thought Talking You Fast Trouble

The ability to suspend reality and go into a make-believe world can be really, really difficult if there's something really big going on.

Rupert Penry-Jones

World Reality Go Difficult Ability

I remember I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to be in the NFL or NBA or something, and I don't think I dreamed of being a benchwarmer. I'm sure I wanted to be the best. But I didn't really ever think I was going to be a famous musician.

Best Think Famous Remember Athlete

I didn't look like Rihanna. I was a bit chubby. I had puppy fat. I had a moustache. I didn't want to have lips; I didn't want a bum. I grew out of it, but I feel like everyone went through that phase of wanting to be skinny.

Feel Fat Lips Look Want Puppy

I first went to Barcelona in 1975 after university, and I stayed for three years. I learnt Catalan because that's what everyone speaks in the mountains. They speak English to foreigners, but what people say to each other is much more important than what they say to you.

Mountains People Speak You Three

The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure.

William Vickrey

Pressure Policy High Interest Costs

To diminish the cases in which the assistance of others is felt absolutely necessary is the only genuine road to independence.

Road Independence Genuine Others

I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your life, it becomes fictional. Of course, the truth is never far. But the story is created out of it.

Marjane Satrapi

Life Truth Truth Is Story You Never

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