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Robert Frost Quotes

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963

Topics

Society Point Sanity Civilized Which

In America, mixed-race identity tends to invite both curiosity and suspicion, largely because few have found a way to interrogate it without centering whiteness as the scale by which to evaluate blackness.

Identity Curiosity America Way Found

When people hear the name 'Marco Polo,' they tend to think of a map or explorer. Very few people know the true story of Marco Polo, and it's so much more compelling and exciting than the mythology.

People Story Think Name Know True

I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she thought it was all about 'er. I spent a lot of time trying to work out what was going on.

Work Mother Time Thought Attention

When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing.

You Breathing Audience Out Well Set

Training is not quite a thing for me yet. It is definitely on my list of things to do.

John John Florence

Training Me Things Quite List Thing

I'm not unattractive, but I'm not a matinee idol. I think I have a very non-threatening look - I'm fine, I'm right in the middle.

Think Look Right Fine Idol Middle

We have too many actors for the jobs available.

Available Many Jobs Too

Somebody like CM Punk, who stands up and says he's completely sober - he doesn't even take a drink of champagne in a toast because that's just not him - he's a man that's completely full of integrity; you've got to respect that.

Integrity Respect Man You Sober Him

China's economic transformation began with the introduction in the 1980s of market incentives in the agricultural sector. These reforms were followed by a gradual opening to the global economy, a process that accelerated in the early 1990s.

Transformation Process Early Economy

I talk to my parents more than anybody in my family.

Family Parents Talk More Than

In my twenties and early thirties, I wrote three novels, but beginning in my late thirties, I wearied of the mechanics of fiction writing, got interested in collage nonfiction, and have been writing literary collage ever since.

Beginning Writing Early Late Three

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Simple Virtue Firm Modest Enduring

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