Ada Limon Quotes
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For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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I'm honored to be one of the guys that is seen as a leader of this great team - a team that has stood the test of time. AKA is one of the only teams that has been around since the beginning of the MMA explosion, and it's a huge honor for me to be named captain.
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Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love.
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Don't be afraid to look silly.
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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence.
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Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.
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I joined forces with the American Cancer Society in 2010 as a spokesperson for the N.F.L.'s 'A Crucial Catch' campaign, which benefits the American Cancer Society. This was important to me because I lost my mother to breast cancer, and I have always felt a strong commitment to doing all I can to fight this disease.
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I worked on a farm for a little bit.
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Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
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My successor, John Kerry, and President Obama got a deal that put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot. That's diplomacy. That's coalition-building. That's working with other nations.
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Every city and town in America would be bankrupt if they kept their books the way private-sector companies keep their books - because of the obligation cities and towns have taken upon themselves to provide health care for their retirees.
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It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.
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I feel I'm often misunderstood by critics. People project a lot or exaggerate the subjective fragility simply because it's frightening to them.
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When I was 14, during Kim Il-sung's funeral, I wondered, 'How could a god die?'
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I make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself.
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Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.
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People have done this before, but not us.
