Jane Hirshfield Quotes
At some point, I realized that you don't get a full human life if you try to cut off one end of it; that you need to agree to the entire experience, to the full spectrum of what happens.
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I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I'm a composer, man.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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I write what I like to read, and I enjoy love triangles in YA and adult fiction - not to mention in other media like TV, opera, theatre, and even in video games! I relish when dark and compelling characters compete for our protagonist's heart. The doubts, the uncertainty - the jealousy! - can be breathtaking.
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I left school on my 15th birthday.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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I remember wearing the big oversized baseball and basketball jerseys and Timbaland boots. I was a tomboy growing up. I recently caught a picture of myself, and I was like, 'God! What was I thinking about?'
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Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces.
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At some point, I realized that you don't get a full human life if you try to cut off one end of it; that you need to agree to the entire experience, to the full spectrum of what happens.
