August Kleinzahler Quotes
There is a particular quality of quietude and stillness that suffuses these painterly poems of Carol Ann Davis, so involved with loss, motherhood and the shifting tonalities of light that transform the domestic and ordinary into the strange and extraordinary that, combined with tenderness of address, approach the worshipful and make a number of these poems so moving and distinctive.
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While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.
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Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
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I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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I love to fly so much.
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But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.
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Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.
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I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have.
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I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs. People would come by on the street - you live in Time Square, you know how they do it - they would bunch up. And they would always compliment me on gospel tunes, but they would tip me when I played blues.
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You should stop asking your politicians how they’re gonna do it.
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You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, 'Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I'm going to hear all the things I don't want to hear.'
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The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real.
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She was a very devout teacher. There was a fanaticism about her in terms of the quality of a performance she sought from her students, and about how they thought about the music they played.
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Ive learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.
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Ingredients should not read like a chemistry experiment!
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There is a particular quality of quietude and stillness that suffuses these painterly poems of Carol Ann Davis, so involved with loss, motherhood and the shifting tonalities of light that transform the domestic and ordinary into the strange and extraordinary that, combined with tenderness of address, approach the worshipful and make a number of these poems so moving and distinctive.
