William Carlos Williams Quotes
The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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Culture is about the mindset of people, and we are very happy to have a strong combined mindset of people.
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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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Jackie Chan is a myth.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted.
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Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybody wants to be the quarterback or the game-winning wide receiver. I've been around long enough and done enough stuff to where I don't feel that way. I just want to do what I do as well as possible.
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I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.
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We've only made three investments: Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga.
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At NSD, I had an amazing experience learning everything from stagecraft to western drama and Shakespeare, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekov.
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I'm predisposed to never be in pure celebration mode.
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I don't go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.
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I did some great work with my Calvin Klein ads on the motorcycle. It was really groundbreaking because people hadn't seen a woman actually riding a motorcycle before.
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The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.
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You can’t translate something that was never in a language in the first place.
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The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.
