The desire to create is one of the strongest urges a human spirit can contain. It will always break through.

Tennessee Williams

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Topic

Creative impulse Creativity Human nature

Speaker

Tennessee Williams

Source

WBAI-FM New York

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Williams, Tennessee. "Tennessee Williams: Past and Present." Interviewed by Charles Ruas and Bill Lentch, WBAI-FM New York, 12 Dec. 1975.

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Topic
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!

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Topic
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Author

Lord Byron
Source
Don Juan
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1824 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Hunt, 1824, canto 15, st. 99.

Current Citation

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