David Meltzer famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Death teaches us to live; it gives us a boundary to map our living within. Death's hammer breaks through the mirror separating us from light.
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There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.
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I owe my own fluency with language to Brooklyn. Everyone talked about everything, from the Dodgers to the revolution.
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The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis. God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!
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Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.
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I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.
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If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit Nijinsky? And why isn't there a campaign against ballet? It gives girls thick legs
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He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.
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I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.
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Love has no boundaries.
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The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
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The Way of Mastery is to break all the rules—but you have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not in a position to transcend them.
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