A. R. Ammons Quotes

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.

A. R. Ammons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1926 - February 25, 2001

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They'd rather see Scooby Doo or Spongebob than Daddy talking about the latest Wall Street Journal editorial. You do what you have to do to get your kids ready for school.

Joe Scarborough

SchoolTalkingYouWallReadySee

I don't perceive my role as a newsman at all. I'm a comedian from stem to stern. You can cut me open and count the rings of jokes.

Stephen Colbert

MeYouOpenJokesRingsCount

I was sort of born into a Subud cult that has ties to Islam and Indonesia and Middle Eastern spiritualism. My parents were kind of trial-and-error when it came to religion.

Sufjan Stevens

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My parents were fine at 85. So 85's nothing. 100 is another thing. I have a friend whose mother is about to turn 101, and it's not great.

Roz Chast

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One of the things you don't always realize when you're younger is that not everything you try is going to work.

Mike Pompeo

WorkYouTryRealizeEverything

The more conservative you dress, the more you can get away with.

Lisa Lampanelli

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With kids, I have less time for things like masks - though I do try to treat myself, after they've gone to bed, to a mask or something. It's kind of funny because, as you get older, you probably need to do more in terms of beauty, but actually, you have less time to do it. But becoming a mother has made me a stronger person.

Doutzen Kroes

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I do believe women have different ways of taking risks, of ruminating a bit more before they jump to conclusions. And I think that as a result, particularly on the, on, you know, on the trading floor, in the financial markets in general, the approach would be different.

Christine Lagarde

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On my reservation, we had one of the most abundant fisheries in the world and hundreds of thousands of acres of wild rice beds. We've lost a lot of it, but there's still natural wealth that could support our communities.

Winona LaDuke

SupportWorldWealthLostWildRice

I think we really almost burnt ourselves out on one record.

Shannon Hoon

ThinkOutAlmostI ThinkOurselves

Marriage ain't easy, but it's great most of the time.

Sean Penn

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At O'Reilly, the way we think about our business is that we're not a publisher; we're not a conference producer; we're a company that helps change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.

Tim O'Reilly

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