Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 24, 1919

Topics

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I find it extremely ironic that Bush says that personal opinion should not be a tool in the interpretation of the Constitution, when he's the one who's lobbying for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. If that doesn't stem from personal opinion, I don't know what does.

Jessi Klein

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Shonda Rhimes, especially, saw something in me that no one had and then wrote to my strengths for 'Grey's Anatomy.' That's the job I think really opened up a whole new world for me.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.

Michael Diamond

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Between New York and LA, there's 200 million people that aren't hip, and they don't want to be hip.

Jeff Foxworthy

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In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Stefan Zweig

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When I was four years old, my father, who was a colonel in the army, was stationed in Salzburg, Austria. Across the street from our house was an ancient castle on a cliff. So when I first heard fairy tales, I felt as if the magic of 'Cinderella' or 'Sleeping Beauty' was taking place right in my own neighborhood.

Mary Pope Osborne

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My life is neither a disaster nor supernatural, yet it is an unlikely event.

Douglas Coupland

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I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do is just turn the camera on and off.

David Zucker

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My family is who I spend my off-time with.

Cloris Leachman

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I was inspired by my dad; he played trumpet in high school.

Bria Skonberg

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I don't have to 'freedom-kiss' my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her.

Woody Allen

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With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music.

Phoebe Snow

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