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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I do not believe that we can stop perfecting new ways of dying until we have found new ways of living. Every new life-way ought to prevent a new death-way.
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I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.
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One day you too may experience what I have experienced. So right away go and practise.
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My dad would pick me up every other Friday at 6 o'clock and drop me off every Sunday at 6 o'clock, and I remember those last couple hours, like around 4 o'clock, my dad would get kind of sad because he knew that he was about to not see me for two more weeks.
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Cats rule the world.
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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.
