W. S. Merwin Quotes
You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us
W. S. Merwin
Quotes to Explore
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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
Walter Scott
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
Tamora Pierce
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
Hale Irwin
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
Rachel Roy
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Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?
Garry Trudeau
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I was born in L.A., then we moved to Hawaii, then we moved to New York, then we moved to Baltimore, then we moved to California, then we moved to Hawaii, then we moved to Texas, then we moved to Hawaii, then we moved to California. This was before I was 17.
Hanya Yanagihara
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
Hannibal Buress
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I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.
Ina Garten
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A new bubble will replace the old one. A new technology will come along to fix the messes we made with the last one. In a way, that is the story of the settling of the Americas, the supposedly inexhaustible frontier to which Europeans escaped.
Naomi Klein
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It's weird, but I don't feel like think I deserve any of the attention. There's really nothing but one audition for a Disney Channel movie that separates me from 2,000 other brown-haired, blue-eyed guys in L.A., you know?
Zac Efron
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I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.
Danica Patrick
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Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets.
Carl Honore
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We need to get serious about defeating ISIS; we just aren't serious about it yet. I would be very serious about getting it done. I know how to do it. We need to take the fight to them on the battlefield in a more serious way.
Evan McMullin
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An artist is born like a priest is born. If they are born an artist, I would tell them art is not a game: it is something very serious which completely requires everything you have to give.
Fernando Botero
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What, after all, is heaven, but a transition from dim guesses and blind struggling with a mysterious and adverse fate to the fullness of all wisdom--from ignorance, in a word, to knowledge, but knowledge of what order?
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
Zach Johnson
The Fray
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La femme marie e est un esclave qu'il faut savoir mettre sur un tro" n e. A married woman is a slave whom one must put on a throne.
Honore de Balzac
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You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us
W. S. Merwin
