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My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents inst

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

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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

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Poetry
Author
Rita Dove
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What is ironic is that Allen Ginsbergs importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world! – Rita Dove

Category:
Death
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Rita Dove
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You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you cant imagine something that has never existed before, its impossible. – Rita Dove

Category:
Imagination
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Rita Dove
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Other Quotes from
Learning
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldnt learn something from him. – Galileo Galilei

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Learning

And later I thought, I cant think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography. – Nicolas Roeg

Category:
Learning

Im an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts. – Mandy Patinkin

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Learning

We do a lot of shows for young people who have probably never been to the theater before and they are learning about the Holocaust, which unhappily, many of them do not know about. – Linda Lavin

Category:
Learning

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For years, I never knowingly went on a holiday. When I travelled, it was for work. Now I am a huge advocate, particularly to places which have amazing wildlife, such as Antarctica, India and Patagonia. – Miranda Richardson

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amazing

There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it without it the brain and the hand would be helpless. – Gertrude Jekyll

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respect

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. – Marcel Proust

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Imagination

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. – Fred A. Allen

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City Life, Cities