Carolyn Kizer Quotes
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Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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You learn who you really are in a fight - what you're really made of. You have to face yourself and rise above your own fears and failings.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.
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If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.
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What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.
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I have always watched my close friends fall in love, but I never thought it would happen to me.
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Whether one admired or was repulsed by the positions he took on matters foreign and domestic, it is undeniable that Reagan's ability to project anger was highly attractive to his most passionate supporters on the far right - and crucial to his political success.
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Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.
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I have friends who are science journalists, and I'm seeing stories of theirs or talking with them about ideas that they're pitching. Certain kinds of science are around me all the time, like climate change and biology.
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I'm not lying to myself like most people.
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
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Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces.
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My father took one of the toughest jobs in the government because he cared about his nation more than himself. His courage and conviction have always driven me to want to make a difference.
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I can't even picture being without rock 'n'roll.
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What else will you have? Nice banana and bacon sandwich?
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I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.
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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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Each project is torturous and joyful, and it's always an inspiration.
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How can we not have paid our dues? What were we doing before this band? Fucking sitting at home practicing! Most of us have played enough gigs to say we've paid our dues.
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My real fans understand what it is I do, but on another level I have fans who just love my music and don’t know I write it and enjoy it shallowly - and that’s OK too. I think art and music should be just as powerful if you drink it shallow as if you drink it deep.
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We live in wonder, blaze in a cycle of passion and apprehension.
