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Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.

Ezra Pound

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Course Original Question
Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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Country Definition Democracy Run
The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
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Artist Creation Himself Work
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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Agreement Business Man Necessary Oneself
I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
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Fingers Hold Morning Myself
Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.
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Essential Language Poetry
Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.
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Art Growth Humanity Tree Waste
What thou lovest well remains.
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Love One Liner Remain
The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.
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Argument Oneself People Start Technique Truth
The only history that matters is the history we know.
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History Known
The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
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Art Curiosity Letters Survive Willing
Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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Genius Man Oneself Ordinary Sight
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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Approval Ban Believe Music View
Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.
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Bond Imagination Oppression Talk
Use no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
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Emotion Stress Word Yourself
The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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Mistake Prejudice Stupidity Worst

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