"Every poet I know - although there may be some I don't know who lead very different lives, who maybe live in the country and don't teach - tends to be just like the rest of us: just really busy, really overcommitted."

-- Sharon Olds

#Country Quotes #May Quotes #Different Quotes

“On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight.”
“the conversation whipped gaily around the table like rags in a high wind.”
“My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life. My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished. If I were to live in Africa, serving the poor, the number-one thing I'd miss wouldn't be running water or electricityâ€”it would be style...being able to get dressed up and feel beautiful.”
“Nobody can see the trouble I see, nobody knows my sorrow.”
“Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are critical.”

Source : Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2006). “Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak”, p.12, Macmillan
“Originally when we talked about language disorder it was a catastrophic language disorder. It's substantial, and from a treatment standpoint it's okay to keep diluting that term, but from a research standpoint we need to be much more precise. I wish somebody would take up the mantle of just that particular task.”

Source : "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part II: D". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 13, 2011.
“Once I thought that if I just had enough in the bank, if I had enough fame, that it would be all right. But I'm a human being like everyone else. I'm not exempt.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Start with the difficult and when it gets easy, everything else is easier.”

Source : Frank Delaney (2011). “The Matchmaker of Kenmare: A Novel of Ireland”, p.48, Random House

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