Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like soldiers – they just fade away.
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We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
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I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.
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My writing could be the most beautiful or important piece of prose, but it means nothing if it's boring, if people aren't listening or reading. I think transporting someone, putting them in a story for a few hours, taking them out of their worlds, is what I always strive to do.
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We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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I organize my denim, leather, and dresses by color, although my jeans are pretty much just black and gray.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.
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I believe in God.
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As a male designer, you always need a woman's touch.
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Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic.
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I love working! I'm a huge fan of TV and will be happy as long as I'm getting to be creative.
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I said, 'What I'm going to do is dress as plain as humanly possible.' I'm not going to wear anything fancy, I'm not going to have fancy music, I'm not going to have fancy pyro - I'm literally just going to be a dude walking into the ring. I'm going to look like I just got off work from a construction site, and I am now punching you in the face.
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This is the part of training camp where you want to make decisions (based on) 5-on-5, but after something like that, it's hard to do. That was painful. I never had a look at (John) Pohl.
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I don't like working - I just like having done the end product. The process, I like to make it quick and painful.
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The nations of antiquity rolled away in the current of ages, Israel alone remained one indestructible edifice of gray antiquity... preserved by an internal and marvelous power.
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One of the most effective organizations in our government. It is responsive. It is changing and highly accountable.
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As I told the kids on the way home, this conference is tough. We have to build mental as well as physical toughness to be competitive.
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Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different.
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I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like soldiers – they just fade away.
