Mark Strand Quotes
A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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I've been very fortunate with my three spec scripts - which is sort of my thematic trilogy of the American Frontier. With 'Sicario', 'Hell or High Water' and then 'Wind River' - which is the third - there were no rewrites. It was the first draft for all three.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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As an HR Manager, you don't have to build a top-down perks program. You decide how much you want to invest in your employees, and then you give your employees the control to build a custom perk package for themselves.
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People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era where people didn't like that.
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Actually I don't. I've never played with a bass player before, so I wouldn't even know. It wouldn't feel like it's missing, I just think it's normal … I prefer it that way so I only have to concentrate on Jack.
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I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.
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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.
