Mary Oliver Quotes
then you too are a dream which last night and the night before that and the years before that you were not.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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Early on, after gay liberation, there was an almost Stalinist pressure from gay critics and even gay readers to write about positive role models. We were never supposed to write negative things about gays, or else we were seen as collaborating with the enemy.
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Dream and you shall become.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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Music is something I can't stop. Whether people are going to hear it or not, I'm still going to make music.
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Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
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The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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I don't know how television or radio is going to survive without newspapers because that's where they get all their news. It's going to be hopeless.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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Every citizen has the real right to receive general education and professional training at no cost, something that the United States has not been able to ensure for all its inhabitants.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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You promote your films; it's part of your job. You do the magazine covers and stuff, and then I try to live a really normal life. I definitely don't try to make it into any more craziness than it is.
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No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction.
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We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in our music.
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Let's be real: dads get a bad rap in the media. We're talking Vanilla Ice's 'Ninja Rap' bad. More often than not, they're either pop lockin' Soul Train-style after learning they aren't the father, or they're selfish man-children who have more toys than brain cells.
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My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.
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What surprises you in life? The marvel of consciousness -- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidts the night of non-being.
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My favorite movies are movies that I go in and I leave deeply affected. Whether I laugh really hard or whether I cry really hard, I just want to feel really affected in that moment.
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then you too are a dream which last night and the night before that and the years before that you were not.
