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Famous quotes containing the word crane:

“Instead of seeing society as a collection of clearly defined “interest groups,” society must be reconceptualized as a complex network of groups of interacting individuals whose membership and communication patterns are seldom confined to one such group alone.”
—Diana Crane (b. 1933)

“The bells, I say, the bells break down their tower;
And swing I know not where.”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)

“they are brown and soft,
And liable to melt as snow.”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)