Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
I once started out to walk around the world but ended up in Brooklyn, that Bridge was too much for me.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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People take things so seriously.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Shooting is very challenging because 10 metre air rifle you have different rules, short gun you have different rules.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
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There are some patriotic citizens who sincerely hope that America will win the war - but they also hope that Russia will lose it; and there are some who hope that America will win the war, but that England will lose it; and there are some who hope that America will win the war, but that Roosevelt will lose it.
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Having come up in the era where movies are only movies if they're released in the theater... I don't know if that holds true anymore. I've been involved in some movies that have gone 'direct-to-video,' and that used to not be a good thing, but now it's different.
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Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' It's never been, 'I wonder if I'm funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes.' It's more, 'What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?'
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I've done art on my own, and I've also collaborated with other people to make art. And collaborating with other people is always interesting because you end up doing things you probably wouldn't do otherwise.
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I once started out to walk around the world but ended up in Brooklyn, that Bridge was too much for me.
