Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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I never saw myself as being ambitious, I saw myself as being in love with the profession. I'm a people person. I love to get to know different kinds of people.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.
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I've completely fallen in love with the U.K., and I'd love to spend a couple of months a year there.
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All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.
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Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.
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The target audience goes back to conception. That means pre-natal care, safe delivery, post-natal screening, and the ordinary stuff you do in pediatrics.
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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Acting to me is real life - I don't act.
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I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, he's not playing something anyone has heard before. It's pretty cool, though. Pretty cool.
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Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
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The manner in which I learned to read and write, not only had great influence on my own mind, as I acquired it with the most perfect ease, so much so, that I have no recollection whatever of learning the alphabet
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Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.
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I grew up thinking my father was tacky. There was no color coordination. It was whatever was cool. 'These sweatpants are cool. I'll wear them with these shoes that are cool.' He had less inhibitions. I wasn't respectful of his swag then.
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As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift.
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My family didn't have money, and I think it made me fearless. I'm willing to try everything and not be afraid because what's the worst that can be happen? It might not work out, but I can't be worse off than when I was a kid.
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When I was a boy I was my father.
