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Wislawa Szymborska Quotes

Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.

Wislawa Szymborska

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: polish
Birth: July 2, 1923 - February 1, 2012

Topics

Life Sand Lasts Few

Being fit and being in the best shape that I can be helps me be the best mom as well.

Best Me Mom I Can Shape Well

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

Responsibility Me Law Talking Little

I'm calculating, self-sufficient, reserved, and I enjoy being alone.

Melissa Sue Anderson

Alone Being Alone Enjoy Being

Business is where you practice your human skills. It's where you grow.

Business Practice Grow You Skills

I love Chicago - absolutely love Chicago. I mean, I'd much rather go to Chicago and do a play or a musical than New York, honestly. Because just probably for reasons that are obvious to you. It's just a little bit - it's a nicer, easier city.

Love New York City You Play New

I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.

Music Artist She Everything Industry

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

Life Best Person Reflect Just Songs

I look at books as being a form of activism. Sometimes they'll show us a side of the world that we might not have known about.

World Look Sometimes Side Activism

There was much woe and lamentation in the seventies that the game was dying.

Game Dying Seventies Woe Much

You've got to deal with the tools you have in hand. I'm a firm believer in that.

Tools You Hand Got Firm Deal

When we have any function, whether it's language or vision or cognitive functions like memory, we aren't dealing with a straight line to the brain that says 'This is what I do.' The brain builds a network of connections, a network of neurons that have a particular role in that function.

Vision Memory Brain Language Line

I've said this before, but after 'That '70s Show' ended, I solely wanted do films that inspire me, and to work with people who make me better. I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.

Work Myself I Am People Me Better

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