Dana Gioia Quotes
Twisting through the thorn-thick underbrush, scratched and exhausted, one turns suddenly to find an unexpected waterfall, not half a mile from the nearest road, a spot so hard to reach that no one comes a hiding place, a shrine for dragonflies and nesting jays, a sign that there is still one piece of property that won't be owned.Dana Gioia
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At first, I was hesitant when it came to giving autographs, thinking that I am not even worth giving one. But slowly I got over that phase.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy -
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
Carl von Clausewitz -
My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
Maajid Nawaz -
The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
Naguib Mahfouz -
I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I don't get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.
Patricia MacLachlan
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If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.
Walter Payton -
...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.
Flannery O'Connor -
It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
Demosthenes -
It's so acceptably easy for a woman not to strive too hard, not to be too adventure-crazed, not to take too many risks, not to enjoy sex with full candor ... It isn't seemly for a woman to have that much zest.
Diane Ackerman -
It's simple: this partnership allows consumers to fire their phone company and sign up for the high-quality, low-cost voice and broadband solution that they deserve.
Steve Howe Yes -
They call me crazy. I call myself obsessed
Hafthor Bjornsson
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... men of power are seldom protected from their own infirmities by the men subordinate to them - not even in the sad circumstances of mental exhaustion.
Abigail McCarthy -
Anyone can die. It's living that requires courage.
Nobuhiro Nishiwaki -
Do the unexpected, attack the unprepared.
Zhuge Liang -
Twisting through the thorn-thick underbrush, scratched and exhausted, one turns suddenly to find an unexpected waterfall, not half a mile from the nearest road, a spot so hard to reach that no one comes a hiding place, a shrine for dragonflies and nesting jays, a sign that there is still one piece of property that won't be owned.
Dana Gioia