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No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality.
T. S. Eliot
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T. S. Eliot
Age: 76 †
Born: 1888
Born: September 26
Died: 1965
Died: January 4
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We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open
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Those who talk of the bible as a monument of English prose are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity.
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When the Stranger says: What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other? What will you answer? We all dwell together To make money from each other? or This is a community? Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.
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