"Richard Joseph Howard" is an United States/American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren, and where he now teaches. He lives in New York City.

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What I want to enforce on these children is what it takes to get this job, which is education.

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She was there every day, sometimes three times a day. I felt bad for her.

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I call it wiggle wiggle. We're going to stick with the waltz.

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Yeah, but I'm 81. How many more days have I got? Three?

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Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go.

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Yes, because I know you'll remind me.

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