"The sound of the mandolin is a very……" — Rita Dove
"The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings."
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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 Cheerful Quotes
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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy…
— Saint Augustine
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
— George Matthew Adams
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Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed…
— Henry Adams
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual…
— Isaac Barrow
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
— Joseph Addison
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Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
— Josh Billings
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Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's…
— Jo Brand
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
— Lydia M. Child
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You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure…
— Lydia M. Child
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Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be…
— James Freeman Clarke
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