Mary Oliver Quotes
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.
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I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.
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I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.
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The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections before it is too late.
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The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.
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I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.
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I grew up dancing my whole life, and I always kind of perceived that's what I would do professionally. But when I caught the acting bug, I knew I needed to go with no turning back.
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My life has been very lucky, but I made some of that luck.
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Everybody is not completely traumatised by their life.
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I can't imagine my life without books. My father was an electrical engineer, and my mother was a public school teacher. Books were an integral part of my childhood.
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I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it.
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The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life.
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The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
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It's natural to get nervous about anything you care about.
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It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.
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I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his elegance. The Duke then came backstage, and I was there with my band. That's the one thing I miss.
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As a bounty hunter, I have to dress the part. If I came to the door and looked like Carrot Top, you'd laugh.
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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
