Robert Frost Quotes
Sentences are not different enough to hold the attention unless they are dramatic. No ingenuity of varying structure will do. All that can save them is the speaking tone of voice somehow entangled in the words and fastened to the page for the ear of the imagination. That is all that can save poetry from sing-song, all that can save prose from itself.
Quotes to Explore
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
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Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.
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My retiring days are behind me – they're going to have to throw me out now.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep.
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I paint energy, not the soul.
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First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.
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Until you have a child, it's very tempting to look at the state of the world and say, "To hell with it, in 50 years I won't be around anyway." But if you have a child you don't say that, because even if you're not around in 50 years, your children presumably will be, and maybe even their children. You think of yourself as responsible to future generations in a whole different way.
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If anyone has the attention span of a crazed amoeba, they should enjoy all of these episodes!
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Sentences are not different enough to hold the attention unless they are dramatic. No ingenuity of varying structure will do. All that can save them is the speaking tone of voice somehow entangled in the words and fastened to the page for the ear of the imagination. That is all that can save poetry from sing-song, all that can save prose from itself.
