Randall Jarrell Quotes
Many poets...write as if they had been decerebrated, and not simply lobotomized, as a cure for their melancholia.
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Alas, nothing reveals man the way war does. Nothing so accentuates in him the beauty and ugliness, the intelligence and foolishness, the brutishness and humanity, the courage and cowardice, the enigma.
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There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.
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When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.
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You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.'
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The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate toward.
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Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
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There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
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When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go.
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As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.
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To be a CEO is a calling. You should not do it because it is a job. It is a calling, and you have got to be involved in it with your head, heart and hands. Your heart has got to be in the job; you got to love what you do; it consumes you. And if you are not willing to get into the CEO job that way, there is no point getting into it.
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There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it.
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Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.
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Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.
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How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got.
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'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.
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When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm in trouble.
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I haven't heard Obama ask us for our consent when he's trying to ram Obamacare down our throats.
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As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.
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The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.
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Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.
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Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer.
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In the 'unity of the two', man and woman are called from the beginning not only to exist 'side by side' or 'together', but they are also called to exist mutually 'one for the other'.
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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
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Many poets...write as if they had been decerebrated, and not simply lobotomized, as a cure for their melancholia.
