Kathleen Raine Quotes
Intent on one great love, perfect, Requited and for ever, I missed love's everywhere Small presence, thousand-guised.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
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Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.
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I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory.
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To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.
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I never pigeonhole myself into any religion, but I feel it has found me. I am trying to make sense of it... the essence of the Mathangi concept.
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'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful.
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I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.
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The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a firebrand in the hand, herbs to drink the smoke thereof, as they are accustomed.
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In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe.
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All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?'
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The forehands or backhands don't mean much after three hours.
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One of the things I love about shooting the most is that there's no specific body type or body build that someone has to have.
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Certainly I have made comments on American society with the various pictures and have done about nine antiwar paintings. But I did them because I was incorporating my feelings into my work.
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I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.
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Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.
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I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director.
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Paradoxically, I think working at an Internet magazine intensifies the attraction of beautiful printed objects.
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It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.
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It's different every time you write. Sometimes it might be harder than it was the day before. I don't like forcing it, but sometimes, if you force it a little bit, it helps you to push forward, and you get inspired in a way. I've written songs in an hour. And there are songs that have taken me six months.
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Intent on one great love, perfect, Requited and for ever, I missed love's everywhere Small presence, thousand-guised.
