Sara Teasdale Quotes
Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
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I think I really benefited from going to college.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity.
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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To think is to destroy. The very process of thought indicates it for the same thought, as thinking is decomposing.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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The symbol and the metaphor are as necessary to science as to poetry.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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I don’t answer to anyone.
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Who would expect it so? From darkness light is brought, Life rises out of Death, And Something comes from Naught.
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One of my favorites is Angela Merkel because I think she's been an extraordinary, strong leader during difficult times in Europe, which has obvious implications for the rest of the world and, most particularly, our country... her bravery in the face of the refugee crisis is something that I am impressed by.
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I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kissSo many men stronger than meHave thrown their backs out trying to lift itBut me I'm not a gambleYou can count on me to splitThe love I sell you in the evening by the morning won't exist.
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I don't have a problem with it. I'll do it for the rest of the season.
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Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did.
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There's something about seeing somebody who thinks they're great and is so wrapped up in their moves, voice, and performance that makes it so wonderfully charming that you can't take your eyes off. That's why we all remember William Hung from those first years of 'American Idol. It's the William Hung effect.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her
