Wallace Stevens Quotes
Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
Quotes to Explore
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My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.
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A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.
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A woman can walk miles without making one single step forward. As a child born in a harem, I instinctively knew that to live is to open closed doors. To live is to look outside. To live is to step out. Life is trespassing.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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Writers are so important.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.
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Anytime you spend 15 or 16 hours a day with someone, five days a week for six months, that's more time than some people spend with their own families, so it does affect the dynamic between the actors.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!
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Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.
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The Doomsayers have always had their uses, since they trigger the coping mechanism that often prevents the events they forecast.
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I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
