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There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tra

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"There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone"

- Tom Wolfe

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This quote is written / told by Tom Wolfe somewhere between March 2, 1931 and today. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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