Randall Jarrell Quotes
Marx said that he had stood Hegel on his head; often Mr. Horace Gregory has simply stood Pollyana on her head.
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I get kind of sad when I look at all of my magazines and think about how at one time I was much more impressed with a certain fashion editorial, or how I feel like I can't really relate to being that excited about fashion anymore. Maybe it's being jaded, but I honestly like that now, when something's really good, I feel more affected by it.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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I don't quite have the luxury of cherry-picking - I have to see what comes my way. But I have always been picky.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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By definition, a hearing is an inquiry into many sides of an issue with testimony from various points of views. But mark this: The Republicans did not have a single woman to testify in support of the contraception mandate. That is not a hearing; that is a sham.
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I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
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There are no Dave Marrs anymore.
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It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.
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I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat.
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My parents were in high school when I was born. My mom was 16, my dad was 17. They were kids, at the very beginning of coming into their own and finding themselves.
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I mix everything up. A museum curator once said to me that there is a great jazz component to the way I do things because good jazz is improvisation and draws elements from all different cultures. And that's the way I do everything - the way I dress and decorate.
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The work of healing is not my work, but by faith, healing is done. The work of deliverance, great and mighty deliverance, is not my work but is my faith in Him. It is not the works of righteousness which I have done, but according to His grace. I am a product of His grace.
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Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying.
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I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.
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I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
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An actor has to act irrespective of the camera or location.
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I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for this planet is because the Master-Creator of the Universe is making me do it. I am of another dimension. I am on this planet because people need me.
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It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.
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Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.
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I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up with black folks.'
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Marx said that he had stood Hegel on his head; often Mr. Horace Gregory has simply stood Pollyana on her head.
