Mary Oliver Quotes
Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth.
Quotes to Explore
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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I've always been a bit of a documentarian.
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Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.
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The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.
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I've written poetry most of my life.
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I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process – an integral function of the universe.
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I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!
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... 'the Continent's traditional social contract' - perhaps its major contribution to contemporary civilization - 'is obsolete' and must be dismantled.
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Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth.
