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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I grew up in a very small town, but it happened to be in western Massachusetts, where there were a lot of gay people. I remember my aunt going to a gay wedding when I was 11, and I thought it was the coolest thing.
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What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'
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But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?
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You've got a couple of same-sex guys kissing, do you 'like' that? Well, that makes me want to throw up. To me, I would punch 'vomit' not 'like', but they don't give you that option on Facebook.
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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.
