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But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about difficulties, beauty, poetry

It was originally meant to be a barn for animals, but...

It was originally meant to be a barn for animals, but ended up costing so much money that I decided to use it as a studio.

Quote by Randy Bachman about animals, use, money

The first epics were intended for recitation; the...

The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about literary critic

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

Quote by Kathy Acker about work

The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about opinion, body, work

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

Quote by Andre Agassi about world

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

Quote by Andre Agassi about work, nothing, day, time

Well, you know, I've bonded with a lot of people over the years, you know. We played the same tournaments year after year and we go back to the same place and many times the seats have been full and that has meant the world to me for sure.

Quote by Andre Agassi about world, people

My literary success meant nothing to me.

My literary success meant nothing to me.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about literary critic, nothing

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about man, real estate

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that...

Quote by Orson Scott about salary, teaching, writing, change, work, love, life

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

Quote by Glenn Close about wife, thinking

You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, ...

You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

I thought LSD was an abused drug in that it was never...

I thought LSD was an abused drug in that it was never meant for a person to drop and then go walking down the street.

Quote by Peter Fonda about man, people, thinking

I was meant to be staying with him for three days and...

I was meant to be staying with him for three days and ended up staying three months.

Quote by Geri Halliwell about day

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

Quote by Franz Kafka about marriage, woman, life

The seam you meant to rip out is invariably the other one.

The seam you meant to rip out is invariably the other one.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to...

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down, or speed up.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about death, speed, character, change

I said what I said before Congress because I meant every...

I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro about politics, word

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

Quote by Gordon Parks about photography

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