Wallace Stevens Quotes
To have nothing to say and to say it in a tragic manner is not the same thing as having something to say.
Quotes to Explore
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.
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I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.
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You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.
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I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.
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The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
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People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.
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We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are.
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Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
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Big businesses aren't the only ones in the economic ecosystem. Nobody should fall behind because of an unfair structure.
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I had an awful lot to say in what I wore as Romana.
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My faith did not require beauty or belonging - the deeper I went into my practice, the less it required at all.
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Dance is something I really enjoy; it gives me a different kind of happiness, something more spiritual. Plus it's good exercise; I'm happy doing it, and it all shows!
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Humans don't really improve on our own functioning, we only interfere with it, distort it, and disguise it.
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I like the Valentino store in Rome.Because in Rome when I'd be riding my bike, that store is right next to the Spanish Steps, and it gets so crowded there, so I could sometimes duck into the Valentino store and go up to the top floor and have a little espresso and just relax and take it easy.
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The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.
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When I was a kid I got no respect. I had no friends. I remember the see-saw. I had to keep runnin' from one end to the other.
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It is often argued that the people who will be affected by a major decision should be involved in it. Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal in southern Africa, once resolved a dispute between two brothers about a land inheritance they were to share. Kruger's decision: let one brother divide the land, and let the other brother have first choice.
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To have nothing to say and to say it in a tragic manner is not the same thing as having something to say.
