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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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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If you've never tasted what it's like to get up in the morning and be pleased to go to work, you don't know what you're missing.
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My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family.
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One of the most difficult questions to answer in Christian work is, 'What do you expect to do?' You don't know what you are going to do. The only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing.......Hav e you been asking what God is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do. He reveals to you who he is.
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The ancient Masters didn't try to educate the people, but kindly taught them to not-know. When they think that they know the answers, people are difficult to guide. When they know that they don't know, people can find their own way. If you want to learn how to govern, avoid being clever or rich. The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.
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Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
