Allen Ginsberg Quotes
Nobody knows whether we were catalysts or invented something, or just the froth riding on a wave of its own. We were all three, I suppose.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.
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Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.
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What's great about HBO is they just care about quality. They care about the brand. They're not worried about ratings; obviously they want people to buy subscriptions, but they just want people to be into what's on HBO.
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I adore Quentin Tarantino. The 'Kill Bill' series is my favorite.
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Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
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One of the fun things about unreliable narrators is they can be funny. You can admire things about them and laugh with them.
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There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.
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I'm probably creative for half an hour a day. The rest of the time, I'm just doing what's necessary to make that creativity visible.
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The Tea Party did not run me out. If you know me and my personality, I would welcome the challenge.
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I know firsthand that immigrants make enormous contributions to our nation, but I also know that we need to secure our borders and make sure that those who came here illegally wait their turn, pay a fine and any unpaid taxes, and pass a criminal background check before becoming citizens.
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Partnerships are increasingly seen through the prism of promises and expectations, and as a kind of product for consumers: satisfaction on the spot, and if not fully satisfied, return the product to the shop or replace it with a new and improved one! You don't, after all, stick to your car, or computer, or iPod, when better ones appear.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
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Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.
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In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.
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There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England!
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The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.
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I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.
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I lived in L.A. for four years, and basically, every corner you go to, or in a restaurant, you can't even find people from the same background.
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When I was younger, I was ambitious. Now I'm not ambitious anymore. I just want to be happy. Does that make sense?
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Nobody knows whether we were catalysts or invented something, or just the froth riding on a wave of its own. We were all three, I suppose.
