Sarah Kay Quotes
I want to welcome folks to poetry, especially those who may have previously felt unwelcome; I want to celebrate everyone who is trying to make sense of this world through poetry the way I try to.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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No, I try not to be a negative thinker.
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Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.
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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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Some knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able.
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The deepest feminine yearning is to achieve a loving union which, in its development, validates this maturation and simultaneously stimulates and furthers the desire for perfection in others.
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The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world.
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It is seldom that we find either men or places such as we expect them. ... Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.
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I always went to Ireland as a child. I remember trips to Dundalk, Wexford, Cork and Dublin. My gran was born in Dublin, and we had a lot of Irish friends, so we'd stay on their farms and go fishing. They were fantastic holidays - being outdoors all day and coming home to a really warm welcome in the evenings.
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I want to welcome folks to poetry, especially those who may have previously felt unwelcome; I want to celebrate everyone who is trying to make sense of this world through poetry the way I try to.
