Anne Douglas Sedgwick Quotes
Have you ever noticed the softness of a kitten's feet? - they are like raspberries to hold in one's hand.
Quotes to Explore
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I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.
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Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government.
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Fortunately, I have money that's from my life's work. But it's money that I share and used greatly to fight poverty in my country.
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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
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I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.
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You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World.
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I felt good out there. A bit nervous, but determined and positive.
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If we do not expect the unexpected, we will never find it.
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My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India.
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I'll go for things that I know are going to be wrong, with a vengeance
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You can't argue with popularity. Well, you could, but you'd be wrong!
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When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying, 'Only little children and old folks tell the truth.'
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And... as long as they need me, it's easier to forget that I am alone.
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If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
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And, of all the things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best.
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We must not hope to be mowers, And to gather the ripe gold ears, Unless we have first been sowers And water the furrows with tears. It is not just as we take it, This mystical world of ours, Life's field will yield as we make it A harvest of thorns or of flowers.
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Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it....I personally know so many poets that work a 9 to 5 in a cubicle and come home and write poetry. Their poetry is just as powerful and moving as anything that I've ever written, if not more.
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Have you ever noticed the softness of a kitten's feet? - they are like raspberries to hold in one's hand.
