Quotes of Ronald Duncan

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I was lecturing to a group of English teachers about Dante. Suddenly one of them got up-English teachers, mind you-and said, What is Dante? Well, Madam, I replied, It is a kind of detergent.

- Ronald Duncan

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“ We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible. ”

- Camille Paglia

“ We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within. ”

- Eleesha

“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ We don’t really care for things that we get easily in life. Life always needs to be served hot. ”

- Subhasis Das

“ In the waltz of the leaves in the air In the features of the playful clouds In the nostalgia carried by the wind In Paris alone, I save your love (fragment from Your presence “partout”, chapter Hope) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ the saddest thing is to be a minute to someone, when you've made them your eternity. ”

- Sanober Khan

“ So many reasons to hate and still I choose to love anyway... ”

- Samiha Totanji

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ And, in the end… The love you take is equal to the love you make. ”

- Paul McCartney

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ What I stand for is what I stand on. ”

- Wendell Berry

“ A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. ”

- Michael Novak

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth

“ Be supportive of others the way you would want them to be supportive of you. ”

- Ken Poirot

“ The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. ”

- Robert Frost

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ At one time or another we are all called to leave the safety of our homes, the certainty of what we know, the illusions of who we are. Not everyone will heed this call, of course. And those who do will risk losing themselves completely. But if we choose to ignore the invitation, we risk never knowing who we might have become. We risk dying without knowing what it is to live. ”

- Thomas Lloyd Qualls