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Rita Dove

"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."

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"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."

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"I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult."

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"In Christ the middle wall of partition has been broken down. There is no Jew, no Gentile-no black, white, yellow, or red. We could be one great brotherhood in Jesus Christ. However, until we come to recognize Him as the Prince of Peace and receive His love in our hearts, the racial tensions will increase, racial demands will become more militant, and a great deal of blood will be shed. The race problem could become another flame out of control!"

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"The proof of true love for God is in service to others."

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"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."

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"It is Satan's purpose to steal the seed of truth from your heart by sending distracting thoughts . . . The difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is: though they both may have good and evil thoughts, Christ gives His followers strength to select the right rather than the wrong."

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"Sin lies at the heart of chaotic world conditions as we now know them and as they have existed through the centuries."

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"God's judgment echoes the sound of hoofbeats, but God's love quietly convicts."

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"Today we are putting our hopes in materialism, in technological progress, and in freedom from moral absolutes. They have all failed. They've failed because they've been powerless to change the human heart. What is the answer? There is hope, if we will turn to God."

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"In the morning, when he entered my room, I grumbled, but he was like the sunlight to me, all the same. One cannot defend oneself against those brats. They take hold of you, they hold you fast, they never let you go again. The truth is, that there never was a cupid like that child."

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"A God of love must be a God of justice. It is because God loves that He is just. His justice balances His love and makes His acts of bothlove and justice meaningful."

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"There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints."
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"I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step."
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"If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer."
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"I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!"
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"The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings."
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"It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded."
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"If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level."
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"People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable."
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