Robert Bly Quotes

When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.

Robert Bly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 23, 1926

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You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.

John Hurt

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People can live without a Facebook account: my 13-year-old daughter has cancelled her account because it's not cool anymore.

Michael Birch

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It is upon the length and breadth and span of a body sustained in muscular action that dance invokes its image.

Merce Cunningham

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In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions of prestige, and our families... A struggle without casualties is no struggle.

Steven Biko

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I am a gambler. I decided to go in with Company E in the first wave.

Robert Capa

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As a kid, I had nightmares about Freddy Krueger just from the trailers on TV!

Rory O'Malley

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In my head, I have the most sensational singing voice. I perform concerts to thousands in the shower. The reality is I can hold a tune. The dream is a West End musical one day - no, really!

Miranda Hart

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Radio allowed people to act with their hearts and minds.

Dick York

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I am not a propagandist; my work has often had a political dimension but, hopefully, one that is not didactic and is open to interpretation.

Cornelia Parker

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'The Mindy Project' is really best when you're loose, and we improvise a lot, and that's what's best.

Chris Messina

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If I'm going to work, I want to work with my wife.

Brad Pitt

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Records have images. There are wet records and dry records. And big records.

Art Garfunkel

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