Joy Harjo Quotes
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
Ralph W. Sockman -
All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas!
T. E. Lawrence -
Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.
Barbara Januszkiewicz -
Know that the tattoos are all significant. They're all extremely insignificant. I can't break each one down, but it's 20 years. The first one was 21 years of age from a football teammate.
Omari Hardwick -
The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock - they call themselves the 'rock of Peter' - and its resistance to change is, ironically, what has kept it constant throughout the ages.
Gabriel Byrne -
Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.
Jack Black
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In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.
Walt Whitman -
I believe people have to follow their dreams - I did.
Larry Ellison -
In the Soviet Union, no industry went under until they all did.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I've discovered as an author that the process of writing a novel becomes harder over time, not easier. I used to think the reverse must be true, that it would be like any task, and the more I practiced, the more adept I'd become.
Tawni O'Dell -
I think most writers, in a sense, have this desire to disappear, to be absolutely anonymous, to be removed in some way: that comes out of the need to be a writer.
Sam Shepard -
Timing has a lot to with art.
LL Cool J
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When Mother died I was both freed and abandoned, as are we all at this profound juncture in our lives.
Rita Mae Brown -
The air campaign is going to continue, ... The Yugoslav government hasn't done anything positive.
Javier Solana -
Every single character in the world, every creature in the world has something to give and something to learn.
Shailene Woodley -
What I will remember most about Mr Mandela is that he was a man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be contained or restrained by racial and economic injustices, metal bars or the burden of hate and revenge.
Muhammad Ali -
It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
Salman Rushdie -
We looked at each other. We didn’t really smile. But we were smiling at each other on the inside.
Benjamin Alire Saenz
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There is no season such delight can bring, as summer, autumn, winter and the spring.
William Browne -
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
Yo-Yo Ma -
I sometimes forget to have breakfast in the morning, but when I actually buy a box of cereal, I will probably eat it not only for breakfast but also as a snack later on.
Ryan Gosling -
I believe that poets have to be inside their poems somewhere, or the poem won't work.
Joy Harjo