Theodore Roethke Quotes
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We all have thoughts and feelings that we believe are fundamental to our lives but that are better left unspoken.
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I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
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And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love.
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There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
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I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.
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Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
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I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.
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My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.
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I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process.
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Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it.
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I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.
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I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.
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Stick up for what you believe in and never, ever feel that you can't say something or speak your mind. I think that would be the best advice. Be strong. Be confident. That's really all you need.
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I've always loved the language of flowers. I discovered Kate Greenaway's 'Language of Flowers' in a used bookstore when I was 16 and couldn't believe it was such a well-kept secret. How could something so beautiful and romantic be virtually unknown?
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I don't believe in regime change, certainly not in the Middle East.
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You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff - like in 'Shrek,' the donkey is always singing. Music is always there.
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You can look at my books and not find particular joy on every page because, of course, what you want to write about is the difficulty of the human experience. You don't want to lie about things to make happy endings and weddings if they don't deserve to happen. But I would be lying if I didn't try to communicate some of the pleasure of being alive.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
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I have a lovely light blue Kate Spade wallet. It has pockets for many credit cards, business cards, health insurance cards, and a Burke Williams card for when I want to go to the spa!
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You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is.
