Anne Waldman Quotes
When I attended the Berkeley Poetry Conference in 1965, I was very inspired. The collaboration of many poets from these alternative traditions - though there were not enough women - who were very much more influenced by, say, Asian forms or by Mantra or by thinking politically through their work in deeper ways really stuck with me.
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
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The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.
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When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds.
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I love food and I love living.
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I am not drawn to the fairytale kind of love. I am drawn to the real-life experiences between a woman and a man. I try to sing about the way it is, but yet at the same time, what you can hope for between a couple.
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I'm trying to demystify the whole process. Make it simple, make it palatable. I want people to have respect for the law, and I want to educate people on the basics of the law.
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Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren’t beautiful, nothing is.
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When I attended the Berkeley Poetry Conference in 1965, I was very inspired. The collaboration of many poets from these alternative traditions - though there were not enough women - who were very much more influenced by, say, Asian forms or by Mantra or by thinking politically through their work in deeper ways really stuck with me.
