Raymond Carver Quotes
It's possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those things—a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earring—with immense, even startling power.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
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We think that there really is racial bias in determining who people want to date.
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Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.
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We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from - and with - each other.
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Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.
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Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.
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Dartmouth is such a special college with its rich history, dedicated student body, and, as I've been learning more recently, colorful customs.
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The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.
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I keep saying, the older I get, the younger my audience gets. Because 'Wicked' and 'Rent' and 'Glee,' each one was a young audience, so it's a great thing to have, so then you know that as they get older and have kids, they'll maybe still buy tickets to my shows when I'm 80 and in Vegas!
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I'm not very materialistic - I don't have a whole lot of stuff. But I do always like a pair of really weird socks.
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If you get behind in first grade, then you're behind every grade from then on.
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I love dark chocolate, 70 percent and up.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy.
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
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Eddie Izzard is absolutely brilliant. I would love to write something for him.
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Writing 'Men We Reaped' broke me in different ways at different spots in the drafting process. The first draft was hard because I was just getting it out. In some ways, that draft failed. I was really just telling the story, not making assessments - this happened, then this. Just putting those facts down on paper was really painful.
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The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.
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It's possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those things—a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earring—with immense, even startling power.
