#v

In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things. ↗

— Rita Dove

#enjoy #i #i love #lots #love

My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends. ↗

— Rita Dove

#could #ends #exciting #exciting thing #father

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#birds #except #possess #sang #silent

To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this subject, is never going to yield anything that is really going to matter to anyone else. It has to matter to you. ↗

— Rita Dove

#anything #because #dealing #else #going

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. ↗

— Rita Dove

#adversity #almost #begin #being #convey

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#even #get #less #minute #settle

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#free #free society #hold #how #media

I love doing comedy. It's a lot of fun. ↗

— Alexa Vega

#doing #fun #i #i love #lot

I need a SUV, for me and my four sisters. So, I've narrowed it down to four, kind of expensive, cars. ↗

— Alexa Vega

#down #expensive #four #i #kind

Still, we view that old material very much like we view the new material so if this gives us a chance to go out and promote it then, yes we will go out and do that. ↗

— Geoff Downes

#gives #go #like #material #much