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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I will not take 'but' for an answer.
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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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The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.
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The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.
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In a constantly revolving circle every point is simultaneously a point of departure and a point of return. If we interrupt the rotation, not every point of departure is a point of return.
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When I was young, there weren't any teenage girls I could relate to in film. They were all put in boxes: the virginal good girl, the really sarcastic asexual one. I wanted to do something that represented how I felt then.
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My father taught me about having principles and how to treat people with respect. My aunt also taught me how to keep a perspective on everything that happens to you. So you learn to be humble and not take your success for granted.
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Many poets...write as if they had been decerebrated, and not simply lobotomized, as a cure for their melancholia.
