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Had Quotes by Rita Dove
- For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand…
- I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god,…
- I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.
- I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know that many people,…
- I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not…
- Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has…
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