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May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?

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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.

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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.

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Learn from your dreams what you lack.

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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.

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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

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Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.

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Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: February 21st, 1907

Died: September 29th, 1973

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