Mary Oliver Quotes
Every word is a messenger. Some have wings; some are filled with fire; some are filled with death.
Quotes to Explore
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I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
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My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.
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I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
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I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.
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Arguably Apple's least successful core hardware product in decades, the Apple Watch could have been nursed along, like a terminal patient.
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I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.
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To Anthony life was a struggle against death, that waited at every corner. It was as a concession to his hypochondriacal imagination that he formed the habit of reading in bed - it soothed him. He read until he was tired and often fell asleep with the lights still on.
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What makes us human depends on what place on our evolutionary path we're talking about. If you go back six million years ago, what makes us human is that we were walking upright. That's all. If you go to 2.6 million years ago, it's the fact that we're designing and making stone tools.
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Any kind of business or start-up you have, you're going to be faced with a lot of people who maybe don't believe in it or see the vision or just say no.
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Every word is a messenger. Some have wings; some are filled with fire; some are filled with death.
