Alice Oswald Quotes
That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I like things simple.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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As far as viewpoints, I think I'm more well-rounded and definitely more educated, and probably more hopeful than I used to be. I think when you're young and you get into a cause, you get frustrated with it within a few years, or six months.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything.
Nastassja Kinski
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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I'd say that if you had a strained relationship with your mom, for whatever reason, the best thing to do is be open with each other, talk it over, try and work it out somehow as opposed to just putting a wall up and pushing them away.
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Having a son is not all pleasure.
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Why change? If you're happy, and things are going really well at one place, there is no need to change.
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I am permanently relaxed.
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I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.
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My first memory is of the eyes of my brother; he was looking at me all the time.
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I guess I just feel bad that I'm still going on bad dates when I should really be in a bad marriage by now.
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With my divorce, and even during the end of my marriage before it even got publicly bad, how I decided to cope with things was to go on the treadmill for an hour.
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That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head.
