"We should always do something that makes us……" — Rita Dove
"We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is."
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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 didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
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As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child,…
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I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center…
— Michele Bachmann
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
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There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of…
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
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What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
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When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I…
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It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a…
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