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Quote by Seamus Heaney
I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.
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The speaker gives poetry credit for making a “space-walk” possible. The phrase connects poetry with the ability to imagine, express, or reach beyond ordinary limits. It presents poetry as an important force behind this extraordinary possibility.
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- NobelPrize.org — Seamus Heaney’s Nobel Lecture
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- Official Statement
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