James Broughton Quotes
Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.
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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
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When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.
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Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
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Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return.
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I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.
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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
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I don't even like to go out onto the streets sometimes because I can't get anything done. People want pictures and autographs all the time.
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Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.
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The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.
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I meet kids now who become novelists, poets, write for the theater and movies, who were simply inspired by what they saw during the Spoleto Festival.
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The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree - those to me, are the scents of the holidays.
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One of the uses of poetry - one says it to oneself in distressing circumstances, ... or when one has to wait at railway stations, or when one cannot get to sleep at night.
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When children's children shall talk of War as a madness that may not be; When we thank our God for our grief today, and blazon from sea to sea In the name of the Dead the banner of Peace ... that will be Victory.
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Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.
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We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title.
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Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.
