David Meltzer Quotes
There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.

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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Folks like me have to feel a little indebted to the communities that they came from. And if they do, I think we'll start to see a little bit more of a geographic integration in the country because people will start to think, 'You know what? I owe that place something, and I should return to it in one form or another.'
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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At Uniqlo, we're thinking ahead. We're thinking about how to create new, innovative products... and sell that to everyone.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.
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Life is our dictionary.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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I wanted to write about the things that I love.
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The future of how the networks and studios deal with Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime Instant Video is certainly going to determine their future.
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I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
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I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity.
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I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.
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Writing is the beast unto itself.
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I'm a happy camper when I'm doing both: writing and art every day, along with a dose of reading and adventures into what else is being done by other artists/writers and poets. Like breathing. I've written poems or fictions to go with a painting. The source for the inspiration of the art often eludes me.
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We must learn, and we are gradually learning, how to write history with the help of archaeology.
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There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.