Vachel Lindsay Quotes

The fact that you can write verse is in itself a certificate that you can write prose.

Vachel Lindsay

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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.

Laura Dern
- People
- Work
- Think
Flamethrowers have been used by many armies in many wars, including by American Marines in Korea and Vietnam. They cause horrific deaths and are thus a serious public-relations liability. The U.S. military apparently phased them out in 1978.

Rachel Kushner
I work out every day. My friends say that I became an actress by chance; I should have become a gym trainer. I am the most grumpiest and irritable person if I don't work out for two days. You cannot have a conversation with me.

Rakul Preet Singh
- Work
- Friends
- Day
Most of my books begin with a nap on my couch here, when I dream up characters and story lines, and then I write on my laptop in the recliner and handle the business side of email at my desk, which is sagging in the middle - maybe from so many words?

Karin Slaughter
- Up
- Business
- Dream
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Abraham Lincoln
- History
- Light
- Honor
The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

Barbara Kingsolver
- Time
- Childhood
- Blessing