"As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other."

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Mary Oliver

#Children Quotes #Reading Quotes #Substance Quotes

“The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.”
“There is a need for more economic growth, for more job growth. But there is a need in some people for them to recognize that they have a role in making these problems better. And we can't - we can't ignore that.”
“I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.”
“The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.”
“Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption.”
“Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.”
“Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something.'”
“So, I'm from the South. So I guess that makes me South Korean.”

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