Stephen Dunn Quotes
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I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies.
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I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.
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What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
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Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.
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Extortion, snortin, supportin abortion, pathological liar, blowin shit out of proportion, the looniest, zaniest, spontaneous, sporadic, impulsive thinker, compulsive drinker, addict, half animal, half man, dumpin your dead body inside of a fuckin trash can, with more holes than an Afghan
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After the gold was removed from my body I felt lighter, more free. They say this is what happens if you lack metal. You begin to think as an independent person.
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The nearest way to God Leads through love's open door; The path of knowledge is Too slow for evermore
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El árbol está solo, la nube está sola. Todo está solo cuando yo estoy solo.
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I eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.
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My kind of gay is like the late-breaking-lesbian kind of gay.
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If there's cheesecake in the house, I'll have some.
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Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world.
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The secret of my success is that I deeply respect and learn from my peers and customers.
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I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent.
