Ezra Pound Quotes

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

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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.

  

  Gavin Newsom
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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!

  

  J. B. Smoove
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• You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

  

  Indira Gandhi
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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.

  

  Brown Campbell
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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.'

  

  Bruce Lee
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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.

  

  Amanda de Cadenet
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• I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

  

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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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.

  

  Alexandra Adornetto
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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.

  

  Linda Thompson
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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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• Once you create a loyal customer base, it's tough for a competitor to take that away.

  

  Joe Mansueto

• The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

  

  Albert Einstein
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• One time in spring training, we had the hit-and-run on, and Carl Erskine threw me a curve and I struck out into a double play. I came back to the bench and Casey [Stengel] said, 'next time, tra-la-la.' I didn't know what tra-la-la meant, but next time up, I hit a line drive, right into a double play. When I sat down, Casey came over and said, 'Like I told you, tra-la-la.'

  

  Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog
  • Running
  • Training
  • Spring

• The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

  

  Ezra Pound
  • Spring
  • Gun
  • Difference