Denise Levertov Quotes
Both art and faith are dependent on imagination; both are ventures into the unknown.
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People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.
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There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
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We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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I hate to travel with stuff.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than the last, and in order to do that, I have to take chances.
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I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.
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Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don't watch TV.
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For me, I knew the Christy flat was a beautiful shoe, but I had no idea the incredible trend that would follow – I mean, it's the most copied thing ever!
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I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.'
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
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Of the truths within our reach... the mind and the heart are as doors by which they are received into the soul, but... few enter by the mind, whilst they are brought in crowds by the rash caprices of the will, without the council of reason.
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And me I'm in the bathroomcrying out my eyelids because it's hard to be a manwhen you're scared, just like a little kid.
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We have to develop a model of prosperity that 4.5 billion more people can share and we don't know how to do it.
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Find someone within the company who is on another team but is at a similar level or role as you to be a friend, a sounding board, and a place to go for candid feedback. Find a mentor within the company who resembles the leader you'd like to grow to be.
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The true essence of fashion is being able to reinvent yourself with what you have.
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Everything that fed my energy and imagination is something that I'm disinclined to speak about.
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What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.
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All you need to do is know who you are.
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Both art and faith are dependent on imagination; both are ventures into the unknown.
