Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
For even bad poetry has relevance for what it does not say for what it leaves out.
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The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.
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Because I'm a big guy, I was always playing the bad guy or whatever, but after I did 'The Blind Side,' where I played a father who's a really loving, likeable sort of person, a lot of those barriers were broken down. People saw me as something softer, not so much as a heavy anymore.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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I wrote poetry before I wrote songs, and T.S. Eliot was my inspiration. I love his honesty and try to bring that to my own songwriting.
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I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.
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Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
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You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.
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I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.
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The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
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If I have a bad shooting day, my dad will take me to the gym.
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You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better.
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Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent.
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He and she become selective at different points; she can be selective when he wants his primary fantasy - sex; he can be selective when she wants her primary fantasy - commitment.
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If you're wondering by now who I am, look no further than the mirror,Because I am the greed and fear - and every ounce of hate in you.
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I love Bill Finn's stuff. It's so rewarding for an actor. It's conversational but intricate. He writes some beautiful, simple songs and melodies, but he also writes this cacophony for people.
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For even bad poetry has relevance for what it does not say for what it leaves out.
