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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Palestinian believers have a unique experience with US foreign policy and our close ties with Israel. This alliance has many layers, but given the strong support of the US church, and the frequency of religious language surrounding these policies, Palestinian Christian friends raise important and challenging questions about how we understand the intertwining of theology and politics in the US.
Ed McBain
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I'm a Kiwi. I'm from a beach suburb called Takapuna, which is on the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand.
Lorde
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Tired of trying to sort them out, you relax for a second, then your head drops and you sit up with a jerk, Where are you? What are you doing here? Oh yes, of course, you are somewhere in the middle of the North Atlantic, with hungry waves below you like vultures impatiently waiting for the end.
Amy Johnson
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Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we may diet.
Cathy Hopkins
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Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and '50s.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
