"The library is an arena of possibility, opening……" — Rita Dove

"The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world."

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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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More Arena Quotes

This quote is filed under Arena Quotes, one of 340 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my… — Charles Barkley
Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance… — John Berger
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. — Aneurin Bevan
My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose… — Jo Brand
I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the… — Kobe Bryant
I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the… — George W. Bush
Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for… — Hillary Clinton
The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end… — George Clooney
I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as… — Ian Anderson
Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing. — Julie Andrews
I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't… — Francesca Annis
The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they… — Srully Blotnick

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