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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 really a writer. ↗

— Rita Dove

#find #i #love #read #reading

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded. ↗

— Rita Dove

#quantified #schools #sometimes #things #unfortunate

My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets. ↗

— Rita Dove

#butter #favorite #i #may #more

I think when you follow a band, you're following a - and I don't like to use the term 'brand,' but you are following a kind of style, if you like. So I think you have to accept that there will be different people involved from time to time. ↗

— Geoff Downes

#band #be different #brand #different #different people

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. ↗

— Rita Dove

#congress #distinct #duties #how #i

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#authority #beautiful #celebrity #democracy #deserve

I don't want to be so confident in myself. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#i #myself #want

I believe, based on the activities, and I am not an expert on terrorism by any stretch, but I believe that when they attacked the United States and they attacked New York and Washington, D.C., they thought they could defeat us. ↗

— Jim Walsh

#am #any #attacked #based #believe

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#again #concerned #house #i #live

My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#father #had #house #known #me