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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Les Back

Born: December 17, 1962 (age 62)
Bio: Les Back is a professor of sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and an author.
Known for:
- The Art of Listening (2007)
- New Ethnicities and Urban Culture (1996)
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