Charles Olson Quotes
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I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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My boy and I move. We have this game where if we dress in a particular item of clothing, we have to do a different movement. A hat means 20 jumps - that sort of thing. When I put a scarf on, my son has to drop down and do push-ups, immediately. He thinks it's really funny.
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I'm mad, they say. I am temperamental and dizzy and disagreeable. Well, let them talk. I can take it. Only one person can hurt me. Her name is Ida Lupino.
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Intellectually, I am already an old man. But in the sensory area, I am still such a child! I shuffle on my bottom between the two.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
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Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.
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I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer.
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Philosophy, is the talk on a cereal box. Religion, is a smile on a dog.
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There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
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He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means 'I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve'. It's easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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After a major terrorist attack, every society faces a choice between fear and resolve. The world’s great democracies can’t sacrifice our values or turn our backs on those in need. Therefore, we must choose resolve. And we must lead the world to meet this threat.
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Hillary Clinton is not going to be able to create jobs, I will tell you right now.
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We have to have a good look at the Constitution. Let's determine where the shortcomings are. Then we can start talking of clauses.
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I don't drink Pellegrino and Perrier, but my nieces and nephews do.
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Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
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When I was young I once found a book in a Dutch translation, 'The leaves of Grass'. It was the first time a book touched me by its feeling of freedom and open spaces, the way the poet spoke of the ocean by describing a drop of water in his hand. Walt Whitman was offering the world an open hand (now we call it democracy) and my 'Monument for Walt Whitman' became this open hand with mirrors, so you can see inside yourself.
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As a child, I didn't know what they mean by 'to die.' So I grew up in a place where people used to die all the time, but a child is not allowed to see a dead body. When you ask, 'Where is so-and so?' you're told, 'He's gone to another world where we all go to live in the future.'
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We'll just wait and see. If it gets out of hand it gets out of hand, we're just here to play cricket.
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My greatest achievement so far is that I've been able to continue with my normal life. I love what I do, but more so, I'm glad to have people who care about me close by.
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I write one step at a time, always finishing off the part I'm working on before even thinking about the next part. I need to hear it all together before deciding what goes next. I even mix before moving on...in other words, I write by recording.
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Part I, 4
