Jane Hirshfield Quotes
One reason to write a poem is to flush from the deep thickets of the self some thought, feeling, comprehension, question, music, you didn't know was in you, or in the world.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs.
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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I'm a competitive person by nature, and I have been in competitive companies, and I love to compete - joining a company where, certainly, there is a real fire in the belly to compete and bring that energy is something I look forward to.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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It's not like vampires are inherently bad. It's just people need to make better vampire movies.
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Peace is in proportion to every pause: observe the difference between to run, to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie, to die.
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What surprised me was that within a family, the voices of sisters as they're talking are virtually always the same.
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When it comes to education, there is no one site you can point to that you can say, 'They speak to the world, and that is the site where you go to learn.'
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I feel so blessed to do what I do, but there's nothing in the world better than watching your child succeed.
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One reason to write a poem is to flush from the deep thickets of the self some thought, feeling, comprehension, question, music, you didn't know was in you, or in the world.
