Anne Stevenson Quotes
I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless.Anne Stevenson
Quotes to Explore
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
Earl Nightingale -
My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.
Abhishek Bachchan -
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
Irving Babbitt -
I realize that things happen for a reason.
Karl Malone -
Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
Venus Williams -
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
Laura Mvula
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Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious.
Babasaheb -
A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
Zach Galifianakis -
In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
Naomi Klein -
I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
Adam Jones -
The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
Larry Wilcox -
And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
Samuel Daniel
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
Ice Cube -
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
Patrick Stewart -
Just think about it: what in the name of God would Alabama be without the University of Alabama? What would Oklahoma be without the University of Oklahoma? Nothing.
Dan Jenkins -
I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
Eartha Kitt
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Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.
Ned Rorem -
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
Ai Weiwei -
When you are on tour in the UK it takes a few hours to get anywhere. A lot of the time you can have a beer, close your eyes for two minutes, and then you are there. In the U.S. it is much more like a road trip as all the cities are so spread apart.
Kelly Jones -
Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
Samuel Butler -
I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
Igor Stravinsky -
I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless.
Anne Stevenson