Rita Dove Quotes
I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.
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The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.
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I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.
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Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-operate with one another and thus are happy, so each must unite with others in being helpful to all in thought, speech and action... One may see to the good of one's own group, i.e., the group that is immediate to him, and then proceed to others.
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I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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I think you're lucky if you discover what you really love at a young age. College wasn't something I was going to do. I wanted to keep acting, and I didn't want to go to New York or California and pound the pavement.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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Being multi-disciplined is always a good thing.
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Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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I loved the DOS games, Super Nintendo. And I have a very addictive personality, so I recognize now that I just can't engage in that kind of stuff because I'll never stop. So I no longer play any games.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I've grown up by the beach all my life, and I almost get anxiety if I haven't been swimming for a couple weeks or a month. It kind of builds up, so I try and get out as much as possible.
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I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had better things to do.
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One nice thing about making jokes is that you don't have to prove them.
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I've been writing in some way, shape, or form for as long as I can remember.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information.
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I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate.
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I've never found it helpful to treat fate with a gentle hand. Everytime I've stroked, hopin' fer a favor, she's slapped me hand and laughed at me. If ye want something, take fate by the throat and shake it out o' her.
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I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.
