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So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions o
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"So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman"

- Allen Tate

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Allen Tate between November 19, 1899 and February 9, 1979. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 25 other quotes.

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