John Crowe Ransom Quotes
It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
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I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.
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Kevin Bacon and I went up for the same stuff, and people would say, 'You and Kevin have the same quality.' I was like, 'I do?' I remember seeing 'Footloose' and thinking, 'How do I have any kind of quality that that guy does?'
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I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.
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I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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When we fought for freedom, for the establishment of a Jewish state, we didn't send a questionnaire to the Jewish nation asking if it wanted a Jewish state.
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The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.
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Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.
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I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.
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I like what I'm doing. If I didn't like what I was doing, I'd be doing something else.
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Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.
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Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
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I have a metal plate in my head, and can pop my shoulder and pop it back.
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It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.
