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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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One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those whove gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits. – Rita Dove

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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and Ive seen ecstasy or something. – Rita Dove

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Probably having fallen in love with music and movies at a young age and then first learning about writing by kind of following the path of writers like Dave Marsh and Lester Bangs and being a rock journalist. – Cameron Crowe

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The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning. – Emile Hirsch

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I may be learning guitar, but Ill never be able to sing. – David Duchovny

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I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano. – Carla Bley

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May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore. – Kinky Friedman

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What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. – Henry George

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