"Nothing is too small. Nothing is too, quote-unquote, ordinary or insignificant. Those are the things that make up the measure of our days, and they're the things that sustain us. And they're the things that certainly can become worthy of poetry."

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Source : "Rita Dove On New Anthology, Advice For Young Poets". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 2, 2012.

Rita Dove

#Ordinary Quotes #Worthy Quotes #Insignificant Quotes

“Learn to shake yourself loose from what the world believes is the only reality.”
“Everybodyâ€™s at war with different thingsâ€¦Iâ€™m at war with my own heart sometimes.”
“Until we do something about wild dogs, kangaroos competing for pasture, your fortunes in life aren't gonna turn around.”

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“I have a very, very healthy relationship with food in that I eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I never restrict quantities or types of food.”
“If one finds oneself with bread in both hands, that person should exchange one loaf for some flowers of the narcissus, because the loaf feeds the body, but the flowers feed the soul.”
“My mother had lots and lots of children who didnt survive.”
“Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate”
“It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi.”

Source : Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”

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