"I think many people love poetry who don't……" — Ellen Bass
"I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry that doesn't speak to them."
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16 Quotes by Ellen Bass
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There's a part of every living thing that wants to become itself: the tadpole into the frog, the chrysalis into…
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Visualizing how you want to be is [an] effective way to move toward your goal.
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It's impossible to feel good about yourself if you are doing things that you aren't proud of. . . .…
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Exercise stimulates your circulation, massages your internal organs, stretches and strengthens your muscles, and energizes you. Exercise is also a…
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There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything…
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So much inspires me. People living their lives with courage, beauty of all kinds, nature in all its aspects, people…
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Allow yourself to release the emotions you have struggled all your life to contain.
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I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave.
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I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.
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Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from…
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Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's…
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to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you've held dear crumbles…
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More Afraid Quotes
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
— Dido Armstrong
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
— Jane Austen
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
— Teresa of Avila
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
— Kevin Bacon
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
— Abigail Adams
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
— Amy Adams
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
— Lucille Ball
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
— Lucille Ball
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
— Brigitte Bardot
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
— Dave Barry
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
— Lynda Barry
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