Billy Collins Quotes
To a poet, it's quite ruinous to have a poem distorted, out of shape, or squeezed, shall we say, into this tiny screen. But I'm not sure big digital companies are sensitive to the needs of poets.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.
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Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.
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You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles.
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One of the reasons I love to come to Paris is because the decorative arts are so refined that I am always walking through one proscenium into another frame.
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I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.
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I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.
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All children should have equal opportunities.
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I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography.
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This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost.
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To do a romantic scene is the most unromantic thing to do on screen.
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I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it just makes me mad. I just sit there and I go, 'You know what, dude, no matter whether you're in a band just surviving or you're in a bus playing stadiums, one way or another, you're still among the rare breed of people that are actually getting paid to do it.'
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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
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This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we are doing next, that is the fun part of playing. You are playing something that you haven't ever played before.
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Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention.
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If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say: "Obey! Clench your teeth and obey!" And all good and evil shall be drowned in obedience to him.
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The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality.
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The success of the long-established relationship between the liberal/socialist/progressives and the Black Talented Tenth has been due to their commonality in commitment to an ideology and self-aggrandizement above all else.
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To a poet, it's quite ruinous to have a poem distorted, out of shape, or squeezed, shall we say, into this tiny screen. But I'm not sure big digital companies are sensitive to the needs of poets.
