Lynn Coady Quotes
That's what fascinates me about these writers' retreats: You're in these small spaces with small groups of people, and all of the sudden, the spotlight is shining on you harder than it normally is.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I tend to have a lot of jokes about ex-girlfriends. They always ask me if they will be the subject of a joke, and I always tell them they won't. Unless they do something crazy. They all tend to, so you know where that goes. There are no closed doors. The 'art' will suffer.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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My last divorce was in '68. What made it come to a head was a promise. See, I had promised her that the next year I wouldn't work as much. But then I got in trouble with the IRS, and I had to continue working just as much to pay the government. So she said I lied, which is something I never did.
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Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.
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I wonder if people who asked for God to intervene in our world, really know what they are asking. Will they want to be there when God really does intervene?
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That's what fascinates me about these writers' retreats: You're in these small spaces with small groups of people, and all of the sudden, the spotlight is shining on you harder than it normally is.
