Billy Collins Quotes
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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My grandpa would come in with water and flick it on our faces at 6 A.M. and be like, 'If you don't get up to feed the horses, you don't get to ride them.' We'd get up.
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Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such an excellent banjo player that you almost don't wish you had a pair of wire cutters.
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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
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I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
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Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
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Our intent is to operate Time Warner as it operates today, with autonomy in its divisions, including the world-class creative talent and journalists that make Time Warner a leader in entertainment and news.
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There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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I like that the 'Underworld' series created a whole other world that's totally different yet familiar to our own.
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I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it's in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it's amazing the difference that you'll see.
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If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.
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When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics.
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I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.
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Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.
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Consultancy can be too short; or too long.
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Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
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The best protection against recidivism is a job.
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I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
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Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.
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My persona is less miserable than a lot of contemporary poetry speakers are.
