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 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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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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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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I think it's like a relay race. You run, and you hand over the baton, and your kids pick it up. They take the stuff they want, throw the rest away, and keep running. That's what life is about.
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I went to UC Davis because I wanted to be a vet. It's a great profession if it's right for you, but it's memorizing the bones and the muscles, and I am terrible at stuff like that. Also, there's a lot of blood and gore involved.
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She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense:Sex to the last.
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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
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Being a woman anywhere is dangerous.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the wonderful rhythmical flow of lines and curves could be more subtly felt than seen. Be this as it may, I know that I can feel the heart-throbs of the ancient Greeks in their marble gods and goddesses.
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We live in wonder, blaze in a cycle of passion and apprehension.
