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There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be.

~David Antin

Topics: Distinction Fails Left Mark May Oral Peculiar Right Society Spatial

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There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation.

~David Antin

Topics: Editing Improvisation Jazz Just Procedures Talks

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The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

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Topics: Century Debates Entertainer Entertainment Greece Paradoxical Pieces Public Socrates Talk Were World

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The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.

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Topics: Constantly Dialogue Future Inside Oral Past Present Running Self Skin Society Which

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Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.

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Topics: Allow Different Every Every Time Many Narratives Possible Stories Tell Them Time You

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My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.

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Topics: Concrete Continuous Follow Particular Path Thinking Very Way

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My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

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Topics: Audience Based Current Entertainment Form Idea Rejection

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My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer.

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Topics: Chicken Engineer Farmer Mother Professional She Should Thought Turned Understand Wanted Why Widow

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It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel.

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Topics: Being Character Else Hard Hostage Mouth Novel Somebody

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I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.

~David Antin

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: February 1st, 1932

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