A. R. Ammons Quotes
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.
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I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.
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'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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Now, product placement, whichever way you look at it, whether you like it or you think it's disgusting, or whatever, it's what it is.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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I guess that I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of 'Frankenstein' being such a heavy song - you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard.
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
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I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white.
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I was just very into things that were the opposite of what other people liked. I didn't want to listen to music that I could find at a friend's house. My identity was really forged around that, and you know, eventually that kind of identity gets dismantled and fed to the vultures. But I was somehow on my own mission.
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An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
