Rita Dove Quotes
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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There's always ideas buzzing around, but it's whether they actually end up materialising into a song.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
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I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.
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People don't talk to me the way they would other people. They kind of look at me, but they never come over. It makes me feel like there's something wrong with me.
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
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When you play a guitar for a long time, you get your hand oils in there; it starts feeling good and behaving, and you just don't want to mess with that.
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It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be let alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests.
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I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.
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There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there, and if you need to have a serious conversation, you just gotta wait for the right time to do it.
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My dad is from India, my mom is from Russia. Fortunately, we moved a lot. I went to a lot of different schools and completely different cultures, so that's my background.
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There's no such thing as multitasking.
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Medicine has changed greatly in the last decades. Widespread vaccinations have practically eradicated many illnesses, at least in western Europe and the United States. The use of chemotherapy, especially the antibiotics, has contributed to an ever decreasing number of fatalities in infectious diseases.
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The government has got to do something to help independent businesses.
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I just want the future to happen faster. I can't imagine the future without robots.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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Being your own woman, not cookie cutter - that is the greatest luxury!
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What writing does is to reveal.
