David Whyte Quotes
Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends.
Quotes to Explore
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
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The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.
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I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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My autobiography is a digressive illustration and exemplification of what race has meant in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they liked books that take them to unusual places where they meet unusual people.
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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
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I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.
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Travelling is really great for giving you tons of ideas, but it's really hard to actually record anything on the road.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
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I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.
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I was 18 years old, and it was a dream come true for me to work out and eat great food for free. What else do you want in life? People think that is what it is like to be in a SEAL team, but it is less than a fraction of your career as a real SEAL.
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I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.
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My default is e-40 because there's no one else in the world who raps like him. I've always loved e-40.
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If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.
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When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.
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Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends.
