Theodore Roethke Quotes
Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line.
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn. It would be hugely dangerous for a country's laws to be set by the scriptures, and particularly those of the expansionist religions.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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Some writers think that fiction is the space of great neutrality where all humans share the same concerns, and we are all alike. I don't think so. I'm interested in class warfare because I think it's real.
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As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends.
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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Honestly, there's so many great benefits of wearing a kilt: It's very free, it's got its own aeration, and they're very comfortable.
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I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.
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As for the fake teeth, they're officially retired. I haven't really found a need or want to wear them.
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When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up.
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I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography.
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Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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I have no pity for myself either. So let it be veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.
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It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.
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There's some herb that's good for everybody, except for them that thinks they're sick when they ain't.
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Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line.
