Billy Collins Quotes
Emily Dickinson seems rather tame because she pretty much uses the same meter every time. It's called 'common meter.' It's a line of four beats that's followed by a line of three beats.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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Any club is important. All Latin music movements are born in clubs. There is no better research than going to a club. If your music works, it will bounce up.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up.
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I'm not the kind of person who ever thought, 'Oh, a one-woman show - bring it on!'
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Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.
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TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
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Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each other is futile. The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. That you practice this well is my only request.
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Emily Dickinson seems rather tame because she pretty much uses the same meter every time. It's called 'common meter.' It's a line of four beats that's followed by a line of three beats.
