Theodore Roethke Quotes
You must believe: a poem is a holy thing - a good poem, that is. The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods.
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.
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I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
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People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.
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I was a fan of Jon Jones. I thought he was great.
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Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they're very strongly pro-traditional family... not only pro-family, but also pro-life. They are highly patriotic.
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Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.
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A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
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...the way we talk...you know that our people like to talk around a subject even when there's no danger. They enjoy it, and if they know you well enough they're apt to leave their true subject unstated so you'll have to supply the missing meaning.
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When Trump's cronies are the people attacking you, you know you've done something right.
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You need a place to work that works for you, and you need people to understand that when you are writing, you are doing a rarefied type of brain surgery and therefore should not be subject to a million random interruptions.
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You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside.
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There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring.
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The RSC changed my career, and 'Coronation Street' changed my life.
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I suppose you've got to look like you're made of steel for nudity. You've got to get some arms on you.
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Some acts of faith, I believe, have the power to grant us something infinitely wiser than we imagine
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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Certain issues have been associated with contemporary feminism and in a certain sense circumscribed for that reason.
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I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.
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You must believe: a poem is a holy thing - a good poem, that is. The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods.
