Donald Hall Quotes
Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.

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I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.
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We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
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I never knew that Americans would take up soccer, and it's a gender-free sport in high school there.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such an excellent banjo player that you almost don't wish you had a pair of wire cutters.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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Our intent is to operate Time Warner as it operates today, with autonomy in its divisions, including the world-class creative talent and journalists that make Time Warner a leader in entertainment and news.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.
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Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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I think that what we do out on the field is oftentimes a little bit better than what men do. I don't think that we flop around as much. I think we're tough. I mean, I've got battle wounds on my legs from the turf and sliding. And we're gritty. And we're feisty. And I think that I would never back down from a guy.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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There's so many different styles to it. I use my athletic ability to create shots for open people, I run the floor, then also space the floor as well. That's what I try to do.
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What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.
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I'm entranced by the idea of reading the culture back to itself, because I'm conscious that we as people and also as a culture are myth-making machines. So I'm interested in a resistance to that: What we can bend, what we can break.
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Female friendship... I think you have friendships that come and go, and then there are ones that the girl becomes a part of your bones.
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I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.
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We as a Congress have a moral obligation to bring justice to the families of these victims. Furthermore, as a society based on laws, we have a responsibility to ensure that criminals don't go unpunished.
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Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.