"I think children have talent and insight, but……" — Rita Dove

"I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them."

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74 Quotes by Rita Dove

Rita Dove has 74 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before…
The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable,…
When I was young, I was older than I am today.
For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about…
All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back…
Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us…
The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of…
The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen…
In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process…
What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his…
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise…
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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There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their… — Kevyn Aucoin
The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think… — Roger Bannister
I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I… — Drew Barrymore
You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you. — Yogi Berra
One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then. — John Burroughs
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off… — Samuel Butler
If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. — George Carlin
I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried… — Stokely Carmichael
I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women… — Noam Chomsky
Rest in natural great peace, this exhausted mind, beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought, like the relentless fury of… — Unknown Author
They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting to be happy together are invading their marriages.… — Barney Frank
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.… — Bruce Lee

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