Kevin Young Quotes
Poets often are dealing with history and are thinking about the way history moves across us, and we move in it.
Quotes to Explore
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
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It hath been said, that there is of nothing so much in hell as of self-will. The which is true, for there is nothing else there than self-will, and if there were no self-will, there would be no Devil and no hell. When it is said that Lucifer fell from Heaven, and turned away from God and the like, it meaneth nothing else than that he would have his own will, and would not be at one with the Eternal Will. So was it likewise with Adam in Paradise. And when we say Self-will, we mean, to will otherwise than as the One and Eternal Will of God willeth.
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We must carry forward the work of the women who came before us and ensure out daughters have no limits on their dreams, no obstacles to their achievements and no remaining ceilings to shatter.
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Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned.
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I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done in Galactica history.
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Elrond raised his eyes and looked at him, and Frodo felt his heart pierced by the sudden keenness of the glance. 'If I understand aright all that I have heard,' he said, 'I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will.
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Poets often are dealing with history and are thinking about the way history moves across us, and we move in it.
