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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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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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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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
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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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I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'
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The flaw of an amateur is to assume what's in our head is what's on the page.
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The Christian religion teaches me two points-that there is a God whom men can know, and that their nature is so corrupt that they are unworthy of Him.
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There is just a small difference between the United States and Russia - Russia does not teach the whole world democracy.
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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.
