Randall Jarrell Quotes
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss, Goethe said; a correct answer, Gertrude would have said, is like a slap in the face.
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Sometimes what I think what the news is missing is the human element, the connection - the moment that you look into a little girl's eyes or a father who has just left his family and risked everything just to try and survive.
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Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries.
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I hate competition.
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Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
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I almost can't believe this even needs to be said, but it's not unwarranted to burden retirement advisers with a requirement that they act in their clients' best interest.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.
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Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people working together racially, ethnically, rich and poor - all segments of the city.
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There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher.
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I'm no hardened criminal who the authorities need to hunt.
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I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.
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When I first came to Hollywood, I could not break into movies.
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My doctors warned me repeatedly that if you don't stay positive, you don't do well.
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When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.
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I'm always so amazed by which performances work really, really well and which ones don't. But I think it's just mostly, 'She's Out Of My League,' so many people saw that movie on DVD and on the plane. Just millions of people saw that movie. That's the reason I'm somewhat famous.
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Sometimes, promoting economic development means accepting the Herculean task of moving and modernizing a prison.
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We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children.
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Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop any discipline.
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Harry Dresden: Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.
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I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows.
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We are still not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but there are 3,000 Kiss products, a Kiss musical toothbrush, everything from Kiss caskets to Kiss condoms. There are no Radiohead condoms.
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Oh look! There it is! Look! Look! It's the local erotic shop!
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A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss, Goethe said; a correct answer, Gertrude would have said, is like a slap in the face.
