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James Joyce

James Joyce

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Irish novelist and poet (1882-1941)

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Born

February 2, 1882

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Died

January 13, 1941

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Birthplace

Rathgar

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Nationality

Ireland

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Spouse(s)

Nora Barnacle
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Children

Lucia Joyce, Giorgio Joyce
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"No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination."

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Time
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"Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize."

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Art and Creativity
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"It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant."

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"Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion."

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Men
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"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

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Failure and Setbacks
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"Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality."

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"Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment."

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Romantic
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"The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts."

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"The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you."

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"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not."

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