Randall Jarrell Quotes
Our universities should produce good criticism; they do not-or, at best, they do so only as federal prisons produce counterfeit money: a few hardened prisoners are more or less surreptitiously continuing their real vocations.
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The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.
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The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.
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It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.
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'Mr Selfridge' is a lot more accessible than shows like 'Downton.' Everyone knows the store, but not everyone knows the story. Having this store as the backdrop with all of society working under one roof, I think it really captures people's imaginations.
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There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
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If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.
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Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message.
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I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.
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You shouldn't retire until your money starts making more money than you made in your best year.
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These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries.
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Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
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Our universities should produce good criticism; they do not-or, at best, they do so only as federal prisons produce counterfeit money: a few hardened prisoners are more or less surreptitiously continuing their real vocations.
