Robert Bly Quotes

By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life.

Robert Bly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I don't come from a lot of money. In fact, I don't come from any money.

Jerry Della Femina

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I don't think anybody should get married before they're 30. You're too young to really know yourself.

Jeremy London

YourselfThinkYouKnow YourselfGet

Not talking about mental illness is killing people. We need that to stop.

Mauro Ranallo

PeopleTalkingStopMental Illness

President Obama is an inspiration of mine, and interning with his administration in the White House opened my eyes to the possibilities of making change at the local level.

Michael Tubbs

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I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am!

Judith Guest

I AmMeBackMadRememberingBring

We have to rediscover the eternal values and then live them out.

Jordan Peterson

LiveValuesOutEternalThenThem

In my case, I played sports my whole life. I got out of college, and I didn't bother to get health care coverage because I just figured I didn't need it. But you know that if you blow out your knee on a basketball court or you get in a car accident, and you're uninsured, it can bankrupt you.

Denis McDonough

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Most of the commissions that I get are either corporate jobs or celebrity jobs. Like, Wishbone had me make a whole fashion show - the clothes were all made out of real salad ingredients.

Chris March

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In everything I've done, I always just hated to lose more than I like to win.

Chris Paul

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You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work.

Clyde Tombaugh

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If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble.

Wyndham Lewis

PeaceWorldPerfectTroubleBuild

In 1949, when I was 2, my family moved from Yonkers, NY, to a development of brick houses in Elmont, a Long Island suburb of New York City. What I remember most about the house was the glider on our porch. I used to sit there evenings close to my father, Victor, as he talked about the moon and the stars. He taught me to dream big.

Susan Lucci

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