Anne Stevenson Quotes
I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.
Quotes to Explore
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
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That was the first time that I really saw my mother as a person. A person who was so much more than just my mother. It was strange to think of her that way.
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We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.
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My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing.
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I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
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We don't have a "consciousness meter" that'll tell us exactly how conscious something is. I think we might get there eventually.
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I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.
