Wallace Stevens Quotes
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My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth.
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I think Australian food is probably some of the best in the world.
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.
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I love Feist. I love Francoise Hardy. She was a French singer-songwriter in the '60s who was pretty huge. I think I'm drawn to her sincerity. I love Fiona Apple, too - she's quirky and really honest in her lyrics.
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I have always wanted to open up a brewery slash goat farm. Brew some beer, make some goat cheese, but that's kinda dreamy.
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I'd experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I'd written and recorded, but something wasn't quite right.
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I am most familiar with the Gujarati language.
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I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies.
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Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different.
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Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
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Religious people are simply following major core practices of happy people. For example, one benefits from the guaranteed social support that can be found in a church, synagogue, or mosque.
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Believe me, I don't take that lightly. To have struck gold twice with 'Rent' and 'Wicked.' I know it's rare and I'm very lucky to have that kind of phenomenon in my life. They're not just great shows, they're shows that resonate with young audiences.
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Children were pack animals; let any one of them act different from the group, and the rest would bring him down.
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Economists are evaluated on how intelligent they sound, not on a scientific measure of their knowledge of reality. (page 85)
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Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.
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Fate already warned us to pack it in. We just didn’t hear it in time.
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I want to know how these very people who are against war because of loss of life can possibly be the same people who are for abortion? They are the same people who are for animal rights, but they are not for the rights of the unborn.
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I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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He tries by a peculiar speech to speak The peculiar potency of the general
