Stephen Dunn Quotes
Better to be furious at one thing, become radiant with purpose. Better to love links and rhythms than all-embracing answers.
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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Honestly, since the Diane Sawyer piece, every day it's like, it's exciting to go to the mailbox... Because I get letters every day from all of these people from all over the world.
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Whether we can call 'Hell or High Water' this rogue buddy bank-heist movie, it's also a meditation on assimilation and failure and what happens when someone loses their purpose.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.
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We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.
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I don't really want to repeat myself. For the most part, I always want to be doing something new. But there aren't a lot of gritty roles out there for women, and they are so fun to play, everyone wants them.
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Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.
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My English is closer to the literary English, and I'm not very familiar with jokes in English or with, you know, with small talk in English.
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As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.
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There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.
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Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.
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Cruisin' down the street in my six-fo' jockin' da bitches slappin da hoes
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Principle #1: Avoid dangerous people and dangerous places.Principle #2: Do not defend your property.Principle #3: Respond immediately and escape.
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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate:And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.
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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
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I think we all want to know that if our lives don't turn out the way we imagine, there's still a purpose.
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I have put in more than 10,000 hours perfecting my craft. And I am good at it.
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It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.
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Better to be furious at one thing, become radiant with purpose. Better to love links and rhythms than all-embracing answers.
