Ada Limon Quotes
Language can also be play and music and beauty and desire and grief and rage and truth without always having to be message-driven or purely functional. Moving away from "useful" doesn't mean it isn't necessary. You can still need poetry while also needing money or food or physical health.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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I'm lucky in that I can't see myself doing an office job every day. I'm lucky that I can play my sport and go around the world without too much to worry about outside that. I think it's good to be happy with what you're doing.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.
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I will admit to hoarding beauty products. I'm a beauty lady.
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Historically, the 19th century is defined by annexations and internal turmoil. For instance, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 gave more than half of Mexican territory to the United States.
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Each and every time I went in for IVF treatments, I knew there was a bipartisan group of Congresswomen praying for me, and I was honored that the same group was there at my baby shower.
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Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.
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I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films.
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As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.
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I would love to be a mum if I'm blessed to have children. My wife and I have those plans.
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Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name.
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There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people.
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A comic book is the opposite of a cartoon. In a cartoon, you want to simplify the idea, so when they look at it at a glance, they get it. Boom. Simple. Direct to the point. But when you're drawing Groo, now it's a narrative, a story. You want the viewer to get involved in the story. You want him to feel like he's in the town to follow your main character. So I love to add lots and lots of things in it. Things that people will enjoy going back to and say, "Oh yeah, that's how a market must have looked in this fantasy world, with people selling meat here and dishes here."
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We usually work 14-hour days, and sometimes 16 to 18 days, which doesn't leave much time for anything else - most Sundays are spent recovering.
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There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
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Language can also be play and music and beauty and desire and grief and rage and truth without always having to be message-driven or purely functional. Moving away from "useful" doesn't mean it isn't necessary. You can still need poetry while also needing money or food or physical health.
