Kenneth Koch Quotes
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Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
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I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at the end of the day if the artist doesn't support the brand or it doesn't make sense for the song, then it will never work. What we do is try to pair them up so that both sides are happy.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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When you agree to work with a filmmaker, it's important that you accept their world. It's an adventure. I like that. I throw myself into the director's arms, into their universe.
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My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.
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I have a 'Mailer-Breslin and the 51st State' poster, and a neon-pink sign of Raoul's in SoHo, one of my favorite restaurants.
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We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.
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I remember being told very early on, 'Just say what they want to hear in the audition, and we'll figure it out later on.' So there have been a few tricky moments. I once said I could ride, when the truth is I'm terrified of horses, but I got the job!
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It's possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don't appreciate how tough your elders had it. It's true that, if you had been coming of age back in, say, 1960, you would probably be feeling more restricted, if only because you were doomed to spend your days in a skirt, nylon stockings and girdle.
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A family is too frail a vessel to contain the risks of all the warring impulses expressed when such a group meets on common ground.
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You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.
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I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'
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The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them.
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Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation.
