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Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about creation, unforeseen, poetry, things

I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience's ability to feel me.

Quote by Erykah Badu about ability, need, nothing, world

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Quote by Dale Carnegie about attention, life