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"With the question of the effect of a poem, the topic of investigation shifts from that of textual autonomy to textual reception - to the issue of what we actually look for or find in reading a poem."
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"I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit."
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"Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me."
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"For, with pure water the inversion of cane sugar scarcely proceeds and subsequently it required very thorough, difficult studies before this effect and its order of magnitude were established."
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"My piece in One World or None was the description of the effect of a single atomic bomb on New York City."
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"The other thing is we have an incredible villain. And we worked very hard to have villains that are connected to the hero. They have an effect, an emotional effect. They never become out-of-this-world, crazy villains."
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"What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has."
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"Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it."
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"The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours."
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"Along a series of lines running from longer to shorter wavelengths the effect of the electric field becomes greater as the serial numbers increase - that is, as the wavelength decreases."
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"Neil's effect on the band was immediate and very fulfilling. He adds a certain edge to the sound and, of course, he is an incredible musician. We became a better band because of the inclusion of Neil Young."
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"Most film directors do not come up with their own subjects or write their own screenplays."
Film
"Unlike metaphor, metonymy does not try to fuse images together."
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"Still the question remains of what actually speaks in a poem, if not subjectivity as historically constructed."
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"To liberate words means first to shatter their function as vehicles of idea, memory, hope, or regret."
Idea
"No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern."
Art
"A jacket commemorating the Germans as champions of the 1990 World Cup is out of date two weeks after the event has passed."
World
"With the question of the effect of a poem, the topic of investigation shifts from that of textual autonomy to textual reception - to the issue of what we actually look for or find in reading a poem."
Effect
"In an age where history is recorded on T-shirts, the very notion of dwelling on the deep structure of an experience has come to appear both arcane and archaic."
Age
"A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense."
Sense
"Experience has ceded to a series of happenings, about which the most we can expect is information."
Experience
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