Randall Jarrell Quotes
When you call people we you find it easy to be unfair to them, since you yourself are included in the condemnation.
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Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
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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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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
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What happens when you take a lion out of the safari and try to take him to your place of residence and make him a house pet? It ain't going to happen. That's the type of person that I am. I'm that lion.
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Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
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I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.
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Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise.
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I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
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I know some people say it's not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it's always worked so well for me.
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I wasn't the only person out there writing about pop culture and race, but I stayed true to my voice, and people felt attracted to that. They said it felt like they were having brunch with their best friend.
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I find pop art really offensive because it's taking a piece of popular culture and putting it somewhere where people can't see it.
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I wrote an album about being in love. I don't think it's possible to write an album while you're in love - why on earth would you bother? I mean, Christ. If you're in there writing songs about someone rather than just being with them and kissing their every molecule, surely the person that you're with must be asking some questions as well.
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When you call people we you find it easy to be unfair to them, since you yourself are included in the condemnation.
