C.D. Wright Quotes
Poetry is the language of intensity. Because we are going to die, an expression of intensity is justified.
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I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.
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All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.
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Vikings were pretty brutal, but also very educated people. They were salesmen, businessmen who started raiding when business wasn't good. That's why they had such great boats.
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'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on.
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The supreme style of love is unknown love. If the affection is known by the beloved, that love is snob. If you sacrifice your life for the beloved, and she recognises your love after you die, your soul would be appraised.
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Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.
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Il y a dans tout homme, à toute heure, deux postulations simultanées, l'une vers Dieu, l'autre vers Satan.
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Use the word cybernetics, Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.
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Poetry is the language of intensity. Because we are going to die, an expression of intensity is justified.
