William Everson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude.
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I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
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My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about.
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Timeless comes to mind. When you listen to it, you can't tell what year the thing was made. And you don't even care.
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Books wind into the heart.
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Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world.
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I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying in the yellow haze of the sun. There were children crying and colors flying all around the chosen ones.
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The unconscious of an artist is her greatest treasure. It is what transmutes the dross of autobiography into the gold of myth.
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I'm fascinated by the possibilities of human behavior, of how two people raised the same way can end up at such different places.
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Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
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The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation that's an avocation, a job that's really a hobby, then you'll be way ahead of the game. You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on.
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I consider poetry my vocation, not my "career." My career is as a university professor; that's what pays the bills.
