Beth Kephart Quotes
You obsess (but of course you obsess) until the joy is gone from that thing you'd loved, until your fury overwhelms your passion, until you no longer know how to sit with your back against a tree and write poetry that no one will ever see.
Quotes to Explore
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All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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Back in the 1960s, I got a superb education for very little money. The bill for my first year at Harpur College in New York was a few hundred dollars.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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I came from drama school, and it's a group of 18 people working together in every single production and splitting up the roles for three years, so I am very much about the team.
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Steve Jobs was never going to let Flash on any Apple product again like that after in 1997 - he's got a long memory - they said no and Bill Gates said yes.
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.
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We shared our father with the world.
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There are games where I go a whole game without saying a word. There are games where I'm talking the whole game. It really depends on the mood and vibe that I'm in that day.
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.
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Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
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I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.
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A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success.
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You obsess (but of course you obsess) until the joy is gone from that thing you'd loved, until your fury overwhelms your passion, until you no longer know how to sit with your back against a tree and write poetry that no one will ever see.
