Sidney Lanier Quotes

Gradually I find that my whole soul is merging itself into this business of writing, and especially of writing poetry. I am going to try it; and am going to test, in the most rigid way I know, the awful question whether it is my vocation.

Sidney Lanier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 3, 1842 - September 7, 1881

Topics

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You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young!

Joanna Trollope

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I want to be able to speak every language. If I could have any talent and I get to choose it, and be naturally gifted and speak every language. It's not going to happen, but it sure would be nice. It's a good wish.

Andie MacDowell

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I want that three quad program! That's what's going to set me apart in the U.S.

Max Aaron

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I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television.

Tom Petty

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The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll.

Matisyahu

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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Lord Byron

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Here's what I see: a complacency among the generation of young women whose entire lives have been lived after Roe v. Wade was decided.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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When 'American Slang' came out, everyone was like, 'This is the next big band in the world, and this is blah blah blah Bruce Springsteen Junior and blah blah blah,' and I was just like, 'I don't know what that means. I don't know. We'll see.'

Brian Fallon

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As a stylist, it is important for me to always steer my clients in the right direction and to push them when I feel it is necessary.

Brad Goreski

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When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I've had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own.

SZA

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There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated.

Sean Connery

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I turned to my mom and said, 'I'm going to be a martial arts movie star.' She didn't believe me, and neither did my dad. They both thought I would grow out of it. That it was a phase. I decided then I was going to do it or die trying.

Scott Adkins

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