Rita Dove Quotes
It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing.
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I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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I think that when you don't look at the good things around you, that you lose sight of all those good things. And you're not going to enjoy your life.
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In the time I spent with him, Jurgen Klopp was enigmatic, larger than life, and extremely quick-witted. He is quite unique as a football manager in many ways, and that is what makes him so entertaining.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again I remember glimpses of those times, and I just go, 'Wow, I'll never, ever see that again in my life. And I'm never gonna feel that, and I'm never gonna feel for a human being like that.'
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
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Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.
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Any acting is a stretch of the imagination. That's your job. Acting is truth in imaginary circumstances. Acting with green screen or a motion capture stage, you're striving for absolute truth in absolutely imaginary circumstances.
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The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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I think people will believe anything about someone they haven't seen for a while.
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You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.
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The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead.
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I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.
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Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.
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Don't stink up the place with bad acting, if an opportunity comes your way.
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Is there anyone out there who is the next Steve Jobs? I think Jeff Bezos is pretty close. He is very smart. He is extremely creative. He has completely reinvented the way in which commerce is done online.
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Peace starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.
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As much as the banking system may not be terribly popular, it is an essential part of the economy.
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I have so many single girlfriends who fit themselves into the mold of what they think a guy's looking for. But being comfortable around men is about being comfortable with yourself. They gravitate toward confidence. Really, that is what they want to be around.
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I love working with teachers and principals; they are my heroes. They are very dedicated to children, and it's very impactful.
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It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing.
