All emotions are the ore from which poetry may be sifted. - T. E. Hulme

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I think comics in New York are interested in being comics. And there're comics in L. A. who are touring comics, who are certainly more interested in stand-up, but a lot of L. A. stand-ups are really looking to do something else.

T. E. Hulme

All emotions are the ore from which poetry may be sifted.

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The artist tries to see what there is to be interested in. . . He has not created something,he has seen something.

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In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts which partake of perfection, he, himself can never be perfect.

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Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise - that which is common to you, me, and everybody.

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