Mary Szybist Quotes

I think that a good deal of poetry and art gives us some sense of access to another's voice, perception, texture of thought, imagination. Sometimes it gives us better access to the strangeness in ourselves.

Mary Szybist

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I want to put something on the screen that audiences have never seen black actors do before, roles that will widen views of who African-Americans are.

Joe Morton

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It's my damn duty and obligation to do everything possible for Europe to find a united path.

Angela Merkel

PathFindDamnDutyPossibleEurope

I learned how to lend money by cleaning up the messes of others who had made loans before me.

John Stumpf

MoneyMeCleaningOthersUpMade

In the early 1990s, my relatives in Patna, even those who had no interest in reading or writing, wanted Parker fountain pens.

Amitava Kumar

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I can't sculpt. But if I were a sculptor, as you start to get something that actually looks like what you want, then it starts to be fun. That's the way I find writing.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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I get on a real serious health kick when I'm on the road, because as a singer, you can't really get sick. If you get sick, your whole instrument stops working. I've done all these different vitamin drinks. I drink coconut water, and I run. I eat food. I juice.

Matisyahu

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I think, because of the kind of writer I am, I can't do it halfway. I can't do it without dedicating my entire life to it. I have to give it a hundred percent.

Mary Gauthier

LifeI AmThinkKindWithoutGive

At one point, I kind of looked in the mirror and said, 'You know, you're a mom. You're a wife. People count on you; you can't go off the deep end into this kind of crazy musical swirl.'

Mary Steenburgen

MirrorWifePeopleMomCrazyDeep

At some point, the government expands into the private sphere so far that you live in a place with a whole lot less freedom. I didn't like that that was the direction of travel for our country, and decided to come to Washington to try and be a small part of bringing it back.

Mike Pompeo

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Sometimes people go into my business because they like to drink, which - that's insane.

Jon Taffer

BusinessPeopleGoSometimesDrink

It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement.

Bryan Clay

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You're confident, you're going to the ring to fight, but there's always that little thing where you're thinking, 'God.' You're nervous. But you have to embrace it and enjoy it.

Anthony Joshua

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