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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We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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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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I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that's fine. And it might not be right, because I'm the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It's the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.
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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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Has it ever happened to you that you actually like a rogue more than a so-called honest citizen? Have you ever wondered why? I believe that this can only be so because a rogue is more original and more his own. He is what he is.
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Our species uses music and dance to express various feelings: love, joy, comfort, ceremony, knowledge, and friendship. And each one is distinct and widely recognized within cultures. Love songs cause us to move slowly and fluidly, for example, while songs of joy inspire us to dance in a full-body aerobic way.
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Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.
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Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
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I'll continue to fight for school choice and home schooling. Do I believe in accountability? You bet I do.
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When I was a boy I was my father.
