James Schuyler Quotes
I do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem.James Schuyler
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
Tahar Rahim -
I can sing 'Happy Birthday' to you in twelve different places, but one of them is going to make you feel a certain thing, maybe it's a vulnerability, maybe an innocence, maybe another way is sexy and soulful or bluesy whatever it is, but with singers, exploring keys, I think, is important.
Idina Menzel -
You know, I've just always been sort of goofy and kind of gone with it. I actually usually work more in drama, but I have been floating back and forth with comedy, and somehow they keep giving me jobs in comedy, so I guess there's something funny about me.
Zachary Knighton -
Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
Yu Chui Yee -
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.
Kate Winslet
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If there's any definition to being perfect, you're perfect at being yourself.
Zendaya -
Only in space did I realize how lucky I am to be Korean. Only in Korea could I have gone to space before turning 30 years old.
Yi So-Yeon -
Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.
Fiona Shaw -
Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.
Vince McMahon -
I was a sports kid.
Mahershala Ali -
Already into the last week of October! The dying fall holds only loneliness. In the garden the chrysanthemums bloom, beautiful, peaceful, as they did a year ago, but the autumn leaves, falling one by one, only make me sad.
Park Chung-hee
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There came a point when if a conspiracy was that powerful and subtle it became pointless to worry about it.
Iain Banks -
Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.
Margery Allingham -
It would be worth the while to look closely into the eye which has been open and seeing at such hours, and in such solitudes, its dull, yellowish, greenish eye. Methinks my own soul must be a bright invisible green.
Henry David Thoreau -
It's grossly unfair to judge Walter Payton solely on the yards he gains. He is a complete football player, better than Jim Brown, better than O.J. Simpson.
Jim Finks -
A large family makes you accept sharing your parents.
Martha Reeves -
An efficient payments system provides the infrastructure needed to transfer money in low-cost and convenient ways. Efficient systems are innovative in improving the quality of services in response to changing technology and changing demand.
Jerome Powell
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I don't want to wait until something happens to see who my friends are.
Bryant Gumbel -
Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
Jack Herer -
I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to be able to get people to cry or make people angry or sad.
Alexa Vega -
If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking.
T. D. Jakes -
When I was younger in the theater, I didn't really feel like I got much recognition from the powers that be. I got a lot of small roles - I never got the standout roles.
Samira Wiley -
I do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem.
James Schuyler