Galway Kinnell Quotes
The appeal to heaven breaks off.The petals begin to fall, in self-forgiveness.It is a flower. On this mountainside it is dying.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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My boy and I move. We have this game where if we dress in a particular item of clothing, we have to do a different movement. A hat means 20 jumps - that sort of thing. When I put a scarf on, my son has to drop down and do push-ups, immediately. He thinks it's really funny.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.
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It has to do - I think - with growing up in an apartment, with my aunt and my cousins right next door to me, with the door open, with neighbors walking in and out, with people yelling at each other all the time.
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Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions.
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It's weird, but I don't feel like think I deserve any of the attention. There's really nothing but one audition for a Disney Channel movie that separates me from 2,000 other brown-haired, blue-eyed guys in L.A., you know?
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I'm a big fan of historical fiction stuff. Historical battles - 'Gladiators,' 'The Patriot.'
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When I was on Broadway, I got really sick with walking pneumonia. I decided not to take my health for granted anymore and make it a priority. The great thing is, the pounds just started to fall off.
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I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
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And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
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The appeal to heaven breaks off.The petals begin to fall, in self-forgiveness.It is a flower. On this mountainside it is dying.
