Carolyn Forche Quotes
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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I remember, when I was at school, we would have a 10-minute storytelling session where we'd all sit on the floor cross-legged, and the teacher would read. It became something we all really looked forward to. That was part of the reason I grew to love stories.
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I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.
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I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
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It takes heart to be in political life.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.
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After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
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I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart.
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Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.
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I love Somali foods like canjeero, a pancakelike bread; same for pizza, burgers, and sushi.
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I just love kids. I always have.
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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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My signature look is an eighties baby doll dress, combat boots with colorful socks sticking out, and then mounds of jewelry. I love silver and turquoise. I go to Montana every winter, so I hunt around for cool pieces there.
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I love dancing just because I've done it my whole life and it's definitely what I want to do. I feel like, I want to train with acting and do movies. Those two are my main priorities. I definitely want to be able to sing and model, too. I definitely love those, too.
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You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.
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I have gotten disturbed at... some of the Democrats' anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it's very counter-productive.
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Each of these tests is demanding but eminently deliverable. We are working as hard as we possibly can to secure a second resolution.
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That's the imagination that happens in the theater. That imagination is translated in film by the film magicians and all the technology.
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She laughed, and the sound was so melodic that I knew I wanted to hear it again.
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The heart is the toughest part of the body. Tenderness is in the hands.
