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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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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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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Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin.
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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
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Unconfessed sin cuts off our communication with the Father.
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No state can match the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, our beaches and farms, or the mountains of Western Maryland, the Port of Baltimore, or the historic charm of every corner of our state.
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Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. "Choked to death" would be the coroner's verdict in many cases of dead praying if an inquest could be secured on this dire, spiritual calamity.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
