Allen Ginsberg Quotes
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. By poetry I mean the imagining of what has been lost and what can be found-the imagining of who we are and the slow realization of it.
Quotes to Explore
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I get homesick.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere, so there's always a hidden face. There's one that is revealed because there's light reflecting on it, but there's always a hidden one, and once you go around to see the hidden one, it moves, and that's life.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club.
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I've reduced a lot of the stress in my life. I've gotten rid of a lot of things. The light was turned on and a lot of the cockroaches started spinning. I swept them out the door. And sometimes you just have to throw things out because they carry a certain energy.
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The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.
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If you're going to be an academic who's involved in the world of policy, you have to be involved in the world that exists.
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The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind. Wake up and your life is perched on a precipice; fall asleep, it swallows you whole.
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. By poetry I mean the imagining of what has been lost and what can be found-the imagining of who we are and the slow realization of it.
