Denise Levertov Quotes
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The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.
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In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.
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When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
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Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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Some people don't understand that I - as an artist and a person - I want to make my own decisions and create the music that I personally like.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.
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TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.
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I've been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my modeling career, but I have never taken one of them. I have to refuse that money, because I'm not going to work against my people. They've suffered enough.
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It is a difficult one, as you get scripts where women are just objects.
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Cooking is for chefs. Science informs us and lets us cook while knowing what we are doing, but it is not a replacement for the skills of a chef.
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Every once in a while, we'd ask my dad if we could get a ride in one of these planes. And, he did take us to the flying club and get us a ride in the Pushpak and a glider that the flying club had.
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A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?
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When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.
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I'm just letting it go. I'm swinging at what I need to swing at. And when the time comes, I'll just do what I always done. It's just a matter of going out and feeling better. I feel like I'm involved in spring training and when that's the case I'm going to be myself.
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If you concern yourself with remaining relevant, you'll probably disappear into oblivion.
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Where in the world have you seen construction people who do everything on time, with good quality and at minimal prices? Just give me one country like that. A country like that doesn't exist in the world, you know. There's not one such country anywhere in the world.
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Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
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It's important to meet with the people who can shape future events, and who might be causing a current problem. And to ignore them means that the problem will continue.
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The first thing I did as a child was draw. I wanted to make animated movies. I think Disney's 'Cinderella' was the first movie I ever saw. 'Peter Pan' was the first movie I ever saw in the movie theater. I grew up with 'Dumbo' and 'Pinocchio' and 'Sword in the Stone.' Those were the movies I wanted to make.
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I'm not getting paid right now. No pay, no critique.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.
