Karen DeCrow Quotes

One year, I was a patron of a new opera. It was, to put it kindly, unpleasant to the ear. The friends I went with hated it. Keeping quiet about my contribution, I was outed when one of them, reading the program at the restaurant during dinner, saw my name.

Karen DeCrow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 18, 1937 - June 6, 2014

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There are moments when the body is as numinous as words, days that are the good flesh continuing. Such tenderness, those afternoons and evenings, saying blackberry, blackberry, blackberry.

Robert Hass

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I don't know where I see myself next month let alone five years. My whole life is last minute. I enjoy the spontaneity of it; I like not knowing what I will do next or whether I will be in the country next week. I just enjoy being around a creative environment.

Amber Le Bon

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As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country.

Ron Paul

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I guess haiku is an inspiration for me. Everyday, simple moments.

Misha Collins

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Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.

Misty Copeland

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I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time.

Lisa Marie Presley

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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

Joseph Heller

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I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories.

Dennis Quaid

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If your husband's going to leave you for anyone, it might as well be Elizabeth Taylor.

Debbie Reynolds

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What I tell young writers is to find those things that you're so passionate about that your energy doesn't run away.

Anthony Doerr

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Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

Peter Jennings

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My job is not to make decisions but to set stretch objectives and help our managers work out how to reach them.

Sergio Marchionne

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