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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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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World-building is my favorite pastime, so with me, I'm always about reining myself in. I don't want to lose too much of the mystery by hammering every detail to death. I did fiddle with lots of maps for 'Glass Sword,' as the second installment sees Mare, Cal and company traveling throughout their country, and that's always fun for me.
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I don't have perfect teeth, I'm not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn't want to change anything.
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Secretary Clinton is perfectly capable of defending her own service in office.
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The thing that I get so often with network comedies - and, I think, some of the most brilliant people in the world do them - but it's easy to hide behind a joke. I kind of feel like when you have to face things, and you don't have humor, it becomes very vulnerable; it exposes your deepest and darkest fears in some aspects.
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If indigenousness were the key to state longevity on the peninsula, the Japanese would not have taken Korea so easily in 1910. Take it they did, of course, and their propaganda soon reached far more Koreans than had ever heard of the ancient sages.
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I was just the youngest in the family, and most in desperate need of attention.
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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.
