William Stafford Quotes
The root and the flower have to trust each other. If the root does not trust, the plant won't blossom.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a huge fan of 'Heart On My Sleeve' - I think it has a 'Take That' feel to it! John Shanks and James Morrison wrote the track, and we spoke to Sony and asked if we could reference a 'Greatest Day'/'Rule The World' sound to make that epic ballad. I think it does the job.
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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Once upon a time, I was a little girl sick in the hospital, and my mother gave me a copy of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' to comfort me.
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We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
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A free public broadcast license is a privilege.
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Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.'
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The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
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When I'm working, I always read stuff that's as far away from what I'm working on as possible, so I'll read American crime fiction at bedtime, or Emily Dickinson.
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It's easy to gain weight when you're in the studio.
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The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.
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A baby writer should take inspiration from her predecessors but also find ways to tell her own stories in her own way.
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I mowed yards with my grandpa at $10 a pop for awhile. I painted numbers on curbs. I cleaned swimming pools. I usually did all of that over the summer, and then I'd continue to do the yard part during the year as I went to school.
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The root and the flower have to trust each other. If the root does not trust, the plant won't blossom.
