"Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree." — Rita Dove
"Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree."
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74 Quotes by Rita Dove
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One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before…
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The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable,…
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When I was young, I was older than I am today.
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For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about…
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All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back…
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Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us…
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The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of…
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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen…
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In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process…
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What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his…
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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise…
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It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I…
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I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how…
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Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
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The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would…
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I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.
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I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile…
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