"I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree……" — Rita Dove
"I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree and flame. How could I count my blessings when I didn't know their names?"
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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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More Blessing Quotes
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that…
— Teresa of Avila
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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
— Francis Bacon
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
— Pearl Bailey
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
— Abu Bakr
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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the…
— James A. Baldwin
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I've always competed in those shows. Like, I won 'Fear Factor', I did 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of…
— Stephen Baldwin
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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume…
— William Bartram
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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to…
— Bernard Baruch
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
— Joseph Addison
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
— Joseph Addison
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It's a real blessing for me to tell you, sir, that calvary has arrived - Fox is here!
— Glenn Beck
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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings…
— Joseph Addison
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