David Whyte Quotes
Poetry is a street fighter. It has sharp elbows. It can look after itself. Poetry can't be used for manipulation; it's why you never see good poetry in advertising.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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Where do you get lumpy tiles? Well, of course, you don't. But I get a lot of toilets, and so you just dispatch a toilet with a hammer, and then you have lumpy tiles.
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After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.
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Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when it comes to higher education. People from all over the world aspire to come here and study here. And that is a good thing.
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The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
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I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.
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Poetry is a street fighter. It has sharp elbows. It can look after itself. Poetry can't be used for manipulation; it's why you never see good poetry in advertising.
