Theodore Roethke Quotes
The stones were sharp, The wind came at my back; Walking along the highway, Mincing like a cat.
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The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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I respect music, I do. I love it.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
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I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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Rebellion is what you make of it. When you've been on a tour bus for two months straight, and then you get in your car and drive wherever you want, that can feel rebellious.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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I don't spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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I like to relax a lot the night before a race. I like having people around me. I don't like being on my own, particularly. Music helps psych you up, too.
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I've been acting since I was five, and I hope it's something I can do forever. I love it.
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Life is a journey. Perhaps we may be more or less pointed towards a general direction, but whether we pave that road with diamonds and gold or just plain dirt and cement is up to us.
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It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.
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It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
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I've always had great faith in people.
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As I got older, I fell in love with Radiohead, and 'OK Computer' is one of my favorite albums of theirs. Sonically, the tone of the guitars on tracks like 'Electioneering' just rips right through me.
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The stones were sharp, The wind came at my back; Walking along the highway, Mincing like a cat.
