Joyce Kilmer Quotes
At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays, except in so far as writing is the expression of something beautiful …
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September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew it, changed forever.
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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
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I always wake up 10 minutes before I have to be anywhere.
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There's room for role models who make mistakes.
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Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
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I don't feel I'm playing villains all the time.
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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.
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The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information.
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I think there's a really mature side of me that can deal with problems - but when I'm with my friends, I get to act much more kidlike.
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Everything great glitters, glitter begets ambition, and ambition can easily have caused the inspiration or what we thought to be inspiration. But reason can no longer restrain one who is lured by the fury of ambition. He tumbles where his vehement drive calls him; no longer does he choose his position, but rather chance and luster determine it.
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Everything is a dangerous drug to me except reality, which is unendurable.
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I had traded the fight against love for the fight against loneliness, the fight against life for the fight against death.
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You have to understand, beauty differs from country to country. When I came to India, I found my sense of belonging and appreciation. People thought I was beautiful.
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The ugly can be beautiful. The pretty, never.
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No ground gained was ever relinquished.
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At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays, except in so far as writing is the expression of something beautiful …
