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- Nov 07, 2020
Dante Quotes
Timeless words inspired by the poet who defined Italian literature.
Dante Alighieri's name still opens doors in literary conversation, from book clubs built around his poetry to writers measuring their own work against his. These quotes trace that reach, including one that places him beside Cervantes as a national literary giant.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Harvard was also a little bit of a villain in my first book, 'The Dante Club.' I guess there might be a way to make Harvard more of a sympathetic presence, but it's such a powerful institution that it more naturally lends itself toward not necessarily a negative but an obstructionist element in a story.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've said this time and time again: Dante Scarnecchia is the best offensive line coach in the NFL.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my reading is based on what I'm working on. I did a series of paintings based on the seven deadly sins, so I read Dante and then Milton's 'Paradise Lost.' That was a bit hard going.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The founding father of Albanian literature is the nineteenth-century writer Naim Frasheri. Without having the greatness of Dante or Shakespeare, he is nonetheless the founder, the emblematic character. He wrote long epic poems, as well as lyrical poetry, to awaken the national consciousness of Albania.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot deny that 80 or even 90 percent of the spiritual treasures from the past 3,000 years have come from Europe. There is no other Greek theatre anywhere else in the world. There is no other Shakespeare, Dante or Cervantes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no difficult moment working together because when we start a new project, Dante starts to make all the sketches and I can see the vision of the movie and then I start my job.
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- Nov 07, 2020