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" Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. "
T. S. Eliot
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" Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. "
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" There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled. "
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" Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought. "
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" All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords. "
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" If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby 'it.' "
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" Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express. "
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" It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them. "
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" Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative. "
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