Mary Oliver Quotes
I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.Mary Oliver
Quotes to Explore
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
Jack Youngblood -
Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
Taylour Paige -
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
Aaron Sorkin -
I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
Eartha Kitt -
I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
Kage Baker
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Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe.
Rahul Dravid -
Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to hold up their hands.
Wayne Wonder -
I am meeting Diaspora Jews all the time, and we are developing programmes to prevent distancing. We have a joint history, but we cannot take matters for granted. Israel is home for all of us, and part of the beauty of the country is its social diversity.
Ofra Strauss -
I'm such a fan of Daniel Waters, who wrote the script, and also Mark Waters, his brother, who directed. 'Vampire Academy' has, I think, an iconic director.
Sami Gayle -
The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug.
Octavia Spencer -
I'm anti-cheese in a salad.
Larry David
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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
Barry Manilow -
I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.
Garth Ennis -
Reality is a sliding door.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I remember breaking the news to both my parents that I wanted to be a director, and they both looked very doubtful. They didn't know what a closet Hindi film buff I was. I used to dance to old Hindi films songs on the sly, so my decision to be a part of Hindi cinema was shocking even for my parents.
Karan Johar -
Where older religions promised heaven, the church of yoga promises quicker, more practical, earthly gratification, in the form of better heart rates and well-toned arms.
Hanna Rosin -
Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful stroke!
Walt Whitman
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In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercize their terrorism without illegality, since they do not threaten to kill their enemies, but only to starve them.
Bertrand Russell -
Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.
Bob Brown -
I really love animals and enjoy working with them.
Emma Watson -
We were happy with funding 'Rage' on our own nickel for years. We intended to do the same with 'Doom 4'. We had offers early on for 'Rage'. People offered us X million dollars. But we carried the risk, and when we finally signed a deal, it was X plus $10 million.
John Carmack -
I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.
Mary Oliver