Mark Strand Quotes
I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.
Quotes to Explore
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Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
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I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.
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I've always considered myself a fairly romantic person. I believe in love and falling in love at a young age.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because it was so appropriate.
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We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
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On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.
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I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
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I thought our community should have a deep dialogue to make black America better. I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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I believe in collaboration and cooperation.
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I was never a natural. I got there in the end because I did believe that if you work hard enough, then you can achieve a lot.
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America is unique in the world. If you don't believe that, just ask someone from another country.
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The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.
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The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.
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I like you and your book, ingenious Hone!In whose capacious all-embracing leavesThe very marrow of tradition 's shown;And all that history, much that fiction weaves.
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From that night on, wherever Barney and I went UFOs paced us.
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Once you drink one glass, you want another.
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I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.
