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 …

Joyce Kilmer

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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.

  

  Randy Forbes
  • Life
  • History
  • Day

• There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Free
  • Freedom
  • You

• 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.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Just
  • Other
  • Speculation

• If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Life
  • Truth
  • Imagination

• 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?

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Trying
  • Girl
  • California

• Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • People
  • Work
  • Present

• There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.

  

  Patrick Carney The Black Keys
  • Good
  • Music
  • Small

• 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.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Work
  • Experience
  • Happy

• I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

  

  Naomi Campbell
  • Think
  • Beautiful
  • Me

• I always wake up 10 minutes before I have to be anywhere.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Up
  • Always
  • Minutes

• There's room for role models who make mistakes.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Mistakes
  • Room
  • Role Models

• Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.

  

  Ad Reinhardt
  • Up
  • Painting
  • Look

• I don't feel I'm playing villains all the time.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Time
  • Feel
  • Villains

• The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Money
  • Better
  • Competition

• 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.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Great
  • Help
  • Society

• Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.

  

  Ramsey Clark
  • Life
  • Love
  • Opportunity

• 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.

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • Home
  • Me
  • Library

• 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.

  

  Warren Christopher
  • World
  • Country
  • Done

• 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.

  

  Dakota Blue Richards
  • Friends
  • Think
  • Problems

• There is, of course, provision for consultation of the record by the usual scheme of indexing. If the user wishes to consult a certain book, he taps its code on the keyboard, and the title page of the book promptly appears before him, projected onto one of his viewing positions.

  

  Vannevar Bush
  • Book
  • Wishes

• I am a fan before I am an artist. I was that twelve year old girl that looked up to Taylor Swift. I get what that role is as a fan. I think that because I know that, I'm really careful and intentional about what I say and what I put out. I want to be that role for anyone who wants me to be that.

  

  Kelsea Ballerini
  • Up
  • Girl

• This is the power of fashion: the capability of allowing people to express themselves.

  

  Alessandro Michele
  • People
  • Power
  • Fashion

• For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's Church's and Russell & Bromley.

  

  Matt Smith Poison
  • Church
  • Shoes

• 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 …

  

  Joyce Kilmer
  • Beautiful
  • Expression
  • Soldier