Anne Carson Quotes
I am a drop of gold he would say I am molten matter returned from the core of earth to tell you interior things.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
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We can power our economy without despoiling our wild places.
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You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they're all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That's what's called American fiction these days.
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I much prefer a plotted novel to a novel that is really conceptual.
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We do not want merely to see beauty... we want something else which can hardly be put into words- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it. That is why we have peopled air and earth and water with gods and goddesses, and nymphs and elves.
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There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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I am a drop of gold he would say I am molten matter returned from the core of earth to tell you interior things.
