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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from...

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about poetry, personality, emotions, things

I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it...

I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about love, reality, things, world

Whenever they gave me another alternative world, often better, I refused. Who can escape the hell in their own nothingness others? After no escape from their own disillusionment. So I got to my building from ruin, my own world.

Quote by Gabriel Petru Baetan about world, hell

I always make sure I have an escape clause that allows me...

I always make sure I have an escape clause that allows me to pull my name off a project if I have to abandon it.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about name

I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for...

I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about world, time

My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.

My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about brain, eyes

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about past, respect

If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and...

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about purpose, poverty, work, education, change, idea, need, things

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Quote by Francis Bacon about history, time

You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant...

Quote by James Lane Allen about aspiration, vision, fall, present, ideal

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

Quote by Aristotel about cowardice, death

The object in life is not to be on the side of the...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about life

The object of life is not to be on the side of the...

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about life

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

Quote by Albert Camus about world, quiet, silence

When I started writing about the golem, I trusted that it...

When I started writing about the golem, I trusted that it belonged in the book just as I trusted that escape artistry belonged.

Quote by Michael Chabon about writing

I think the glamorous women and the beautiful beaches...

I think the glamorous women and the beautiful beaches were an escape for people living in different countries.

Quote by Carmen Electra about country, people

It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape.

Quote by Brett Favre about good, good luck, time, people

It's not so much about killing an animal, it's being at peace and you don't have to worry about all the other things that go on. That's a couple of hours a week that you get to escape but it's nice to do that.

Quote by Brett Favre about worry, couple, peace, being, things

There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our...

There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

Quote by Frank Herbert about ancestors, violence

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