David Amram Quotes
Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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Everyone at Junction Point has been inspired by the creative folks at Pixar and Disney Feature Animation to make 'entertainment for everyone.'
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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The greatest responsibility of the planner and architect, I believe, is the protection and development of our habitat.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs. A dog can't communicate his thoughts except with gestures.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I was raised in a way where there was no distinction between kids and adults.
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I loved the 'Free Spirit' tour and the guys who helped create the magic: Pete Bullick, Rich Newman, Ian Rowley and Gerard 'G' Louis.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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My painting is not violent, it's life that is violent. Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves, the insects are eating each other; violence is a part of life. We are born with a scream; we come into life with a scream and maybe love is a mosquito net between the fear of living and the fear of death.
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When she's next to him, when she rests her hand on his, his whole body aches with something like knowledge for all he has lost, the chances he will never have, to return such a touch, to fall of a horse or eat chinese food or shoot a crossbow which has always been one of his most dear wishes, to receive a letter in the mail, to be kissed with longing or punched in the jaw.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.