Galway Kinnell Quotes
...this one whom habit of memory propels to the ground of his making, sleeper only the mortal sounds can sing awake, this blessing love gives again into our arms.
Quotes to Explore
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place - even for its enemies.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
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I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.
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I had written in another draft a completely different kind of fight, but they said they couldn't afford to shoot it. They needed a fight scene, though, so I was told to put a fight scene in, but not the one I had written.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.
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I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage. Because we often stand out, we gain a unique platform to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities.
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There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
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I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
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It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke.
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Jesus Christ: A common exclamation indicating surprise, disgust, anger or bewilderment.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else - felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance - is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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...this one whom habit of memory propels to the ground of his making, sleeper only the mortal sounds can sing awake, this blessing love gives again into our arms.
