Rita Dove Quotes
I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

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I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.
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When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.
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When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations... so I'm just trying to meet those. I'm not going to distract myself with other people's expectations.
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Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybody wants to be the quarterback or the game-winning wide receiver. I've been around long enough and done enough stuff to where I don't feel that way. I just want to do what I do as well as possible.
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For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
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But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most.
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Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it's sensory overload.
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Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.
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I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular.
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I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.
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Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial.
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Music has always been around with me.
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Whenever I'm writing a song, if I have an idea for the music video, that's how I know it's a good song.
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Let's just say I like acting, but not necessarily all the stuff that comes with it.
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If you're authentic, people smile because they sense there's a piece of themselves there.
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Black lives do matter, and our lives do hold value.
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A traveler is really not someone who crosses ground so much as someone who is always hungry for the next challenge and adventure.
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Marriage is a language of love, equality, and inclusion.
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I read books for exams at school, but only because I had to read them, and really didn't enjoy it one little bit! The only time I did enjoy it was when I was asked to read out loud in front of the class, as I then used it as an acting exercise!
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: But for some things, Perl just isn't the optimal choice.(yet)
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I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.