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.Billy Collins
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
Patrick Lencioni -
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.
Garrett Dillahunt -
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
Jackie Chan -
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.
Zoe Kravitz -
President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
Irwin Redlener -
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.
Candice Olson
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
Wanda Jackson -
I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
Zubin Mehta -
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.
Daddy Yankee -
But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
Nate Parker -
My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
Gail Porter
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I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.
Maisie Williams -
My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
Rachel Platten -
The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
Ban Ki-moon -
I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.
LaToya London -
I've found all of my apartments on Craigslist. I've got good Craigslist luck. I just sit on my couch and really focus on it, and I've gotten really lucky that way.
Zoe Kravitz -
I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
Verne Troyer
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I think that I've had a very strange life.
Joanne Rowling -
O mighty and once living instrument of formative nature. Incapable of availing thyself of thy vast strength thou hast to abandon a life of stillness and to obey the law which God and time gave to procreative nature.
Leonardo da Vinci -
The Arab view that someone should bomb Iran and stop it from developing nuclear weapons is familiar to anyone who meets privately with Arab leaders, especially in the Gulf.
Elliott Abrams -
It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.
Martin Scorsese -
It's that TV thing. You can be in the biggest film of the year and it will still not have the kind of impact a TV series has. Once you're in people's living rooms, that's it. There's no hiding place.
Kelly Macdonald -
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.
Billy Collins