Mary Oliver Quotes

I am a performing artist; I perform admiration. Come with me, I want my poems to say. And do the same.

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• I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Business
  • She
  • Fun

• I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Proud
  • Army
  • Commissioned

• A lot of people have it tougher than I do.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • People
  • Lot
  • Tougher

• As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.

  

  Walker Stapleton
  • Government
  • Special
  • Will

• It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Important
  • Needs
  • Story

• I do not want to be a long-term CEO.

  

  Osman Rashid
  • Long
  • Want
  • CEO

• I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.

  

  Wayne Knight
  • People
  • Think
  • Early

• Everything I say is true.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • True
  • Everything
  • Say

• We have seen the damage already caused to the music industry and we have to continue to make the public and government bodies globally aware of the damage that will happen if DVD piracy is not brought under control.

  

  Callum McDougall
  • Music
  • Control
  • Government

• The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

  

  Barry Zito
  • Catching
  • Solid
  • Outfield

• I think what we've been able to do with 'Longmire' is balance this procedural with a bit of a soap opera, and it's a character study of this character, Walt Longmire, and the people around him.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • People
  • Character
  • Study

• At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Time
  • Down
  • Stock

• That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.

  

  Nassau William Senior
  • Sacrifice
  • Wealth
  • Possible

• I was born in that family. So I don't know the difference between born as an actor's son and not being an actor's son. I never knew whether it was good or bad.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Good
  • Family
  • Bad

• I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Director

• It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.

  

  Adam Brody
  • Writing
  • Bad
  • Best

• What I am really curious about is the visuals of cinema... the form.

  

  Valeria Golino
  • Cinema
  • Curious

• CERN is a concrete example of worldwide, international co-operation - and a concrete example of peace. The place which makes, in my opinion, better scientists, but also better people.

  

  Fabiola Gianotti
  • People
  • Peace
  • Opinion

• Many business owners dream of having their product or service endorsed by a global celebrity. But instead of trying to get a superstar to support your business, try seeking out a local celebrity instead.

  

  Lewis Howes
  • Trying
  • Business
  • Dream

• As we go forward, I hope we're going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work.

  

  Sergey Brin
  • People
  • Work
  • Technology

• You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.

  

  Akbar Ganji
  • Democracy
  • Bring
  • Attacking

• Basically, when you look at different types of cells, such as fibroblasts, which form connective tissue, or epithelial cells, from saliva, you see general correlations within a person. If telomeres are up for one cell type, they're up for others overall.

  

  Elizabeth Blackburn
  • Up
  • Different

• I am a performing artist; I perform admiration. Come with me, I want my poems to say. And do the same.

  

  Mary Oliver