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Howard Nemerov

"I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem."

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"I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem."

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"The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work."

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"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

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"So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work."

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"I've never been one who agonizes over my work."

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"The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well."

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"Fortunately, both television adaptations and the film I've been involved with are pieces of work that I'm proud of, so I'm very happy for people to focus on them."

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"Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain."

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"Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation."

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"I'm a performer. I push the envelope, I work in a very uncontrolled manner onstage. I do a lot of free association, it's spontaneous, I go into character."

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"I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early."
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"The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case."
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