Alice Oswald Quotes
I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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They have put political correctness above common sense, above your safety, and above all else. I refuse to be politically correct.
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At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.
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And I wondered, not for the first time, what patriotism is, what the love of country truly consists of, how that yearning loyalty that had shaken my friend’s voice arises, and how so real a love can become, too often, so foolish and vile a bigotry. Where does it go wrong?
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I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things.
