Theodore Roethke Quotes
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go.
Quotes to Explore
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
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At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.
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I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
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The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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The web is democratising and also the voice of people who don't think they have another outlet. And that voice can be punitive.
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I think we're lied to about a number of things.
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I wanted to have a creative director crazy enough to say, 'Sure, I'll do a collection in five days.'
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I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt. He could have done rom-coms his entire career, but he took it in a different direction.
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Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.
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I think Hillary Clinton's probably going to be indicted, is my guess. So anything she can do to deflect from her email scandal and other scandals which are coming down is probably good for her.
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Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed.
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Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer. I'm a writer who's been strongly influenced by European precedents. I'm a writer who feels very close to literary practice in India - which I go to quite often - and to writers over there.
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I'm not the youngest person at the table anymore. I'm not the young precocious one. I feel like I'm engaging with people in a different way now. I am a woman. I'm treated with respect, as an equal.
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I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go.
