#w

'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that. ↗

— Gary Ross

#after #believe #blew #dr #ever

So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#how #inward #outwards #pray #swim

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#am #anything #even #i #i am

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#get #i #keep #life #open

As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#any #captivated #child #material #me

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#begin #does #few #finally #get

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#i #just #much #myself #probably

If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#believe #completely #done #i #i believe

I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#ideas #power #prevail #will

Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#ago #black #disappointment #golden #i