Ezra Pound Quotes
The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
Quotes to Explore
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Overcome your barriers, intend the best, and be patient. You will enjoy more balance, more growth, more income, and more fun!
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.
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Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.
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I try to dress smooth, I try to keep my face shaved, I try to keep my head cut. I try to do all the things to keep it smooth going!
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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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People ask me 'Why you want to do another magazine - 10 years at 'Vogue,' a great magazine? Why do you want to make a new one? It's so difficult and there's already so many.' I wanted to do something new, bring a new vision.
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To some people, Common Core means what it actually is, which is a set of standards. That's not necessarily most people. To other people, Common Core is a new curriculum that's been implemented at their school that they don't understand. It's applying new teaching tools.
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What IS is more important than WHAT SHOULD BE. To many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be.'
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'I love you. That'll be the ending of this under the words. '
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I never called myself an urban artist, but that's what I was classed as, and I almost tried to live up to the name instead of who I really was.
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People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are doin' in their lives.
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I hate small talk! I can't do it.
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'Kung Fury!' I mean, Jesus, that thing is amazing.
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There is a secret hippie within me.
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We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my aunt and my uncle. I have grown up with family writing competitions, and I can't remember a birthday or Christmas present that didn't include books.
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I have fabulous sons, but unfortunately, they both have that thrill-seeker gene - bigger, higher, faster, scarier. I have a deal with God. If I'm breathing, that's a prayer for my sons' safety.
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Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will.
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My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.
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Performing an exorcism was like changing your oil. It's a drag, but necessary.
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L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.
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You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the mean worry of housekeeping.
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The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
