David Antin | "I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember."

"I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember."

David Antin, American Poet

Hebrew, Ceremony

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"I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember."

"I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember."

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Personal Development

"From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us."

God

"I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty."

Emotional

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

Thinking

"When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience."

Experience

"When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval."

Family

"Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying."

Family

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

Society

"I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know."

Creativity

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

Time

"I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus."

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"I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember."

Author Name

Personal Development

More

"From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us."

God

"I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty."

Emotional

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

Thinking

"When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience."

Experience

"When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval."

Family

"Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying."

Family

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

Society

"I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know."

Creativity

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

Time

"I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus."

Business