French Poetry Quotes

• Let's be honest - Bill Murray was onto something when he laughed at Andie MacDowell's degree in 19th century French poetry in 'Groundhog Day'.

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  Marco Rubio

  Groundhog Day   Degrees   Bills  

  "Marco Rubio's 'American Dreams': 10 key quotes" by James Hohmann, www.politico.com. January 09, 2015.

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• I hate French poetry. What measured glitter!

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  Israel Zangwill

  Hate   Poetry   Glitter  

  Israel Zangwill (1908). “Dreamers of the Ghetto”, p.560, Library of Alexandria

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• I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.

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  Paul Auster

  Tables   Pay   Way  

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• Love is the poetry of the senses.

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  Honore de Balzac

  Love   Valentines Day   Valentine's Day  

  Honore De Balzac (2005). “The Physiology of Marriage and Pierre Grassou”, p.56, Cosimo, Inc.

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• German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry.... Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts "beauty." It tries to be truthful.

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  Paul Celan

  Beauty   Truth   Poetry  

  Paul Celan, Rosemarie Waldrop (2003). “Collected Prose”, p.15, Psychology Press

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• I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went.

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  Paul Auster

  Breathing   Paris   America  

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• When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

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  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Acting   Literature   Columbia  

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