Eavan Boland Quotes
If a poet does not tell the truth about time, his or her work will not survive it. Past or present, there is a human dimension to time, human voices within it, and human griefs ordained by it.
Quotes to Explore
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We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Declaring the San Gabriel Mountains a national monument will make this natural wonder more accessible. It will welcome people from all walks of life and maintain the mountains' wild character at the same time.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.
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It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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You can't write a story about a mental hospital in the United States without facing the grand example of 'Cuckoo's Nest.'
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.
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When the time comes to raise rates, I do think there will be some benefits that flow through to savers.
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I think because I was Miss World, and I modeled for a little while, I have - I just like heels, actually. I think that's the truth. I'm trying to find an excuse.
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I have such a deep love for traditional country music.
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If a poet does not tell the truth about time, his or her work will not survive it. Past or present, there is a human dimension to time, human voices within it, and human griefs ordained by it.
