Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
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I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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It's the 21st century. It's untenable to suggest that women had no significance and no interest and that just because they didn't vote they had no relevance to the course of our history.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
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It is well for our vanity that we slay the criminal, for if we suffered him to live he might show us what we had gained by his crime.
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God knows the feelings in every human heart. He can soften sorrow and lead when there seems to be no light. Prayer can give guidance and confidence. It reminds us that no one need be alone in this world. If all else fails, remember, God and one other person can be a family.
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We are constantly misled by the ease with which our minds fall into the ruts of one or two experiences
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At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.
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Make your mind learn its way around the heart.
