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 devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.
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Did anyone ever have a boring dream?
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Consumers may put off buying a car, but they don't put off buying a vacation.
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Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.
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I am a huge Mel Brooks fan. And I do think that not seeing his canon of classics is a bit criminal or clueless.
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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.
