Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust
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If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
Lao Tzu
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Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
Jack Prelutsky
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Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for being the son of two people who got murdered. I didn't cause their murder. But if I'm suffering because of it, it's my karma that I have manifested in this lifetime in this particular set of circumstances.
Patrick Duffy
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You can learn so much from children, and you can give them so much.
Nastassja Kinski
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Never judge a stranger by his clothes.
Zachary Taylor
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Anything can happen when people run for office.
Larry King
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The time has long since come for truth, transparency, and talks in every sector of society, including media, advertisement and entertainment. We can challenge each other, gain understanding, and create a more just, humane, and peaceful world.
Bernice King
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While the move to central clearing has made the system safer, we need to make sure that the central counterparties have the resources and risk-management practices to withstand plausible but severe shocks.
Jerome Powell
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I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.
Jimmy John Liautaud
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I started out as a business manager for a national hotel chain based in Oklahoma. I got frustrated with what was happening in the state capital - the high cost of doing business and a lack of educated workers.
Mary Fallin
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The publicity and hoopla was never important to me.
Jesse Stone
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Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways?
William Shakespeare
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Songs come when they wanna come and I'll work at it when I feel like working at it. There are some songwriters that write every day, and I'm definitely not one of those guys. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It's just kind of what I do.
William Clark Green
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Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my expectations.
Gary Hamel
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Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and '50s.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
