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Phillip Lopate Quotes

Hedonism can be a rational response to a difficult life Picture Quote #1

The dinner party is a suburban form of entertainment. Its spread in our big cities represents an insidious Fifth Column suburbanization of the metropolis Picture Quote #1

I really do like to write and when I’m not, I think, Okay, I’ll be a good citizen now but fact is, that’s secondary Picture Quote #1

If someone in my family is getting emotionally bent out of shape, I’ve had to learn to adapt Picture Quote #1

Have fun writing, because it enhances both the writer’s and reader’s experience Picture Quote #1

For most of my life, I have wanted broad impact but now, at 72, I’m not so sure that’s always my first priority Picture Quote #1

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In new work, we need to see the shadow, however faint, of previous literary effort Picture Quote #1

My other work, teaching, also is satisfying because I can be with people but in controlled circumstances, which aren’t as likely to yield the pain of dealing with family Picture Quote #1

My wife and daughter have accused me of being too silent at breakfast but I don’t want to talk when I don’t have much to say Picture Quote #1

The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and ‘have fun’ Picture Quote #1

I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations Picture Quote #1

Think of a dinner party as a club of revolutionaries, a technocratic elite whose social interactions that night are a dry run for some future takeover of the state Picture Quote #1

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The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn’t stop me in the least from making them Picture Quote #1

I am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me Picture Quote #1

The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less lonely and freakish Picture Quote #1

Until people see poetry as springing from all of life, they will isolate it in a creativity corner and treat it like a mascot Picture Quote #1

... I vowed that I would always respect the right of an individual to kill himself. Whether suicide was a moral or immoral act I no longer felt sure, but of the dignity of its intransigence I was convinced Picture Quote #1

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Hedonism can be a rational response to a difficult life (Phillip Lopate Quotes) The dinner party is a suburban form of entertainment. Its spread in our big cities represents an insidious Fifth Column suburbanization of the metropolis (Phillip Lopate Quotes) I really do like to write and when I’m not, I think, Okay, I’ll be a good citizen now but fact is, that’s secondary. (Phillip Lopate Quotes) If someone in my family is getting emotionally bent out of shape, I’ve had to learn to adapt (Phillip Lopate Quotes) Have fun writing, because it enhances both the writer’s and reader’s experience (Phillip Lopate Quotes) For most of my life, I have wanted broad impact but now, at 72, I’m not so sure that’s always my first priority. (Phillip Lopate Quotes) In new work, we need to see the shadow, however faint, of previous literary effort (Phillip Lopate Quotes) My other work, teaching, also is satisfying because I can be with people but in controlled circumstances, which aren’t as likely to yield the pain of dealing with family. (Phillip Lopate Quotes) My wife and daughter have accused me of being too silent at breakfast but I don’t want to talk when I don’t have much to say. (Phillip Lopate Quotes) The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and ‘have fun’ (Phillip Lopate Quotes) I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations (Phillip Lopate Quotes) Think of a dinner party as a club of revolutionaries, a technocratic elite whose social interactions that night are a dry run for some future takeover of the state (Phillip Lopate Quotes) The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn’t stop me in the least from making them (Phillip Lopate Quotes) I am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me (Phillip Lopate Quotes) The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less lonely and freakish (Phillip Lopate Quotes) Until people see poetry as springing from all of life, they will isolate it in a creativity corner and treat it like a mascot (Phillip Lopate Quotes) ... I vowed that I would always respect the right of an individual to kill himself. Whether suicide was a moral or immoral act I no longer felt sure, but of the dignity of its intransigence I was convinced (Phillip Lopate Quotes)