"When I was young, I was older than…" — Rita Dove

"When I was young, I was older than I am today."

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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,…
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…
If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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