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John Ciardi Quotes

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: english
Birth: June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986

Topics

Father Hope Time Parent House Open

On one hand, I am very pessimistic, but on the other hand, if I didn't believe that speaking up would do something, I wouldn't have spoken.

I Am Believe Hand Up Something Very

I think if I produced a show I would not want to be part of that production. That's not... I'm not... I mean, I couldn't even sell Boy Scout chocolate bars when I was a kid!

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Think Chocolate Scout Want Boy Mean

At some point, if you don't take care of the roads today, it's like any other maintenance issue: you're going to end up paying a lot more down the road.

Today Roads Road Care End Take Care

In my twenties, I thought I was Robert De Niro and I invested all of myself in my acting. But, as I've got older, I've calmed down a bit. I've thrown my game plan out of the window.

Myself Window Game Thought Plan Out

I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal - men's writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context.

Work Women Hate Experience Men More

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison.

Alone Prison Army Year Security

I'm obsessed with being on time. If you say, 'Let's meet up at 10 A.M.,' I will be there 15 minutes early. Always.

Stephanie Sigman

Time You Early Say Meet Will

I wasn't the classic comedy type; I wasn't bullied or extrovert. I was more the ambitious literary one who wanted to write clever little plays.

Comedy Clever More Write Classic

If your appraisal comes back too low - you don't have at least 10% equity for a conforming loan or 20% for a jumbo loan - you might not be able to refinance at all, at least with a loan that's packaged and sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. That means you may have to pay a much higher rate.

You Back Loan Equity Pay May

The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented.

Government Environmental Goal Clean

I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.

Myself People Look Target Enemy Up

Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.

God Together World Stand America

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