Lucille Clifton Quotes

Intellect doesn't translate across cultures; intuition does.

Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton

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The irony is that Washington was, in reality, very much like Benedict Arnold. The big difference was that Washington was ultimately able to control his emotions, something Arnold never learned to do.

Nathaniel Philbrick
- Reality
- Control
- Emotions
I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.

Ma Long
- Happy
- Dream
- Olympic
It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.

Walter Becker Steely Dan
- Music
- Like
- Consistency
Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.

Nathaniel Philbrick
- Good
- Thinking
- Evil
Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.

Ed McMahon
- Live
- City
- Same
I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.

Kara DioGuardi
- People
- Trying
- Book