Etel Adnan Quotes
I love contemporary poetry because it moves between what we call poetry and what we call philosophy. It joins these fields and makes writing more natural, as in how it is lived in the person. We don’t separate thinking from feeling in real life, so why should we separate it in writing?Etel Adnan
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'
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Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.
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Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today.
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Occasionally, you'll get a 'District 9,' a film that is politically charged, but there is nothing going on beneath the surface with a lot of horror films. They are not about anything.
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I don't think there is such a thing as a German movie star. There are respected actors, but we are not publicized like TV people.
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Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!
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Hello!Is it me you're looking for?I can see it in your eyes.I can see it in your smile.You're all I've ever wantedAnd my arms are open wide.'Cause you know just what to say.And you know just what to do.And I want to tell you so much;I love you.
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As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode.
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Lynch is not as strange as his films. He's a complex guy with a very interesting view of the world. But he's very accessible, with a good heart.
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As soon as a disease is diagnosed, we still need someone to deliver the care.
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If I have a problem, it is this: there is a store where everything costs a dollar.
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How can I stand on the ground every day and not feel its power? How can I live my life stepping on this stuff and not wonder at it?
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When we consume vastly more protein than we need, our kidneys struggle to process it, resulting in protein in the urine. Too much protein from meat may also contribute to kidney stones.
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People do all sorts of things impulsively and follow those impulses into strange places.
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I love contemporary poetry because it moves between what we call poetry and what we call philosophy. It joins these fields and makes writing more natural, as in how it is lived in the person. We don’t separate thinking from feeling in real life, so why should we separate it in writing?
Etel Adnan