Carolyn Forche Quotes
We are responsible for the quality of our vision, we have a say in the shaping of our sensibility. In the many thousand daily choices we make, we create ourselves and the voice with which we speak and work.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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I'm very open-minded.
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When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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I enjoyed history at school. I'd always had a sense of pagan England.
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I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.
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We got guys who can score. Everybody knows guys can score.
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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
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The film industry has been extremely welcoming to me. It's an industry which is biased to what they think is talent. If they think you can bring value to cinema, they'll support you.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.
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My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.
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Obit anus, abit onus.
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I have to admit, I was a little bit of a misfit.
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For a developing country, average long-run growth of 5 percent a year per capita is excellent, and 7 percent is stellar.
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The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king!
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When I hear music as a fan, I see fields. I see landscapes. I close my eyes and see an entire universe that that music and the voice, or the narrative, create. A music video-and any other kind of visual reference-is created by someone else.
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All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading.
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We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.
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My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's vision, hopefully turning an idea into something people can connect to and relate to.
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We are responsible for the quality of our vision, we have a say in the shaping of our sensibility. In the many thousand daily choices we make, we create ourselves and the voice with which we speak and work.
