William Stafford Quotes
And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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I know what it's like to have an inflated libido.
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'Duty' is a refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one. Mr. Gates scrupulously identifies his flaws and mistakes: He waited too long, for example, for the military bureaucracy to fix critical supply issues like the drones needed in Iraq and took three years to replace a dysfunctional command structure in Afghanistan.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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Kids are very cruel to each other.
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The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
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I'm doing my bit for the women's movement. The women have always been naked in movies, and now I'm just desperate to take my clothes off as much as possible.
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I believe that at every level of society the key to a happier world is the growth of compassion. We do not need to become religious, nor do we need to believe in an ideology. All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities.
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
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'It was not seemly to raise your flags on the minarets.'
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It's a masterpiece [The Exorcist]. This is an honor. I know you may not think so, but it really is. How many movies in our lifetime? This is an honor.
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And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world.
