#itself

In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively. ↗

— James Schuyler

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A woman today is good, or she is bad, according to the way she does a thing - and not because of the thing itself. ↗

— Norma Shearer

#bad #because #does #good #itself

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers. ↗

— Wilfrid Sheed

#human #human race #itself #low #much

Information about the package is as important as the package itself. ↗

— Frederick W. Smith

#important #information #itself #package

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. ↗

— Simone Weil

#itself #life #mutilate #need #order

It was more freeing, mainly because he's so free anyway. He just is in his performance. So to mimic someone doing a free performance, well, that's pretty freeing within itself. ↗

— Michael Welch

#because #doing #free #freeing #his

Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself. ↗

— Larry Williams

#end #itself #life #pulse #rock

Love knows how to form itself. God will do his work if we do ours. Our job is to prepare ourselves for love. When we do, love finds us every time. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#every time #finds #form #god #his

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being. ↗

— Jane Wyman

#being #brotherhood #every #every time #human

Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to restate those musical and cultural elements clearly and vehemently. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

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