Jane Hirshfield Quotes
My job as a human being as well as a writer is to feel as thoroughly as possible the experience that I am part of, and then press it a little further.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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Irresponsibility is the mark of every European politician who holds out the promise of a better life to immigrants and encourages them to leave everything behind and risk their lives in setting out for Europe.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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So many people look up to Jennifer Lawrence playing Katniss in 'The Hunger Games.' For them to look up to Rey and what she represents would be fantastic. She's a wonderful character... The reason I love her so much is she does all the fun stuff. She fights, runs and protects herself and has an incredible emotional story.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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The amount of love I get from India, from Pakistan, from Asia, from Persia, Malaysia - people are just like, 'Brown boy doing it, brown boy doing it!'
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It is God who gives us the opportunity to win and to get victories.
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Each new generation needs to commit again to the foundations of our peaceful coexistence.
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The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.
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When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.
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My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.
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Robert Preston in 'The Last Starfighter' had an aura. It was almost a surreal experience meeting him. He exuded charm, warmth and that movie star magnetism that is impossible to describe.
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I believe a No. 1 song starts happening when it's believable and validating.
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Mustard's no good without roast beef.
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My job as a human being as well as a writer is to feel as thoroughly as possible the experience that I am part of, and then press it a little further.
