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Creative Quotations from T. S Creative Quotations from T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) born on Sep 26 US-English poet, critic, playwright; he dwelled on the theme of emptiness of modern life, e.g., The Cocktail Party.

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow.

In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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