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"Bear in mind that humility is not timidity."
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"When I say "no" to some activities that I believe are ungodly, some people say I am "nobody". Yes, I agree", "no" body; that's who I am. I am a "body" that can say "no" to bad attitudes!"
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Personal Development
"Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character."
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Personal Development
"People respect those who know how to admit their own mistakes and see their own weaknesses. If you heart is as transparent as crystal, people will respect you."
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Personal Development
"Soft feathers cannot make a cruel bird kind."
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Personal Development
"Lots of people use good character and moral standing as a brand name. They know it's what people like, they want people to like them, so they wear it as one would wear a quality brand shirt. Putting it on in the morning and taking it off at the end of the day. Saying all the things they know people want to hear. If they were the very last person on Earth, there would be no reason for them to be of good character, because nobody would see it."
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Personal Development
"One of the characteristics of humility is the ability to take the second place without striving for self-promotion."
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Personal Development
"It takes grace to be a great soul."
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Personal Development
"The more success a person has in life, the greater the danger of fornication can become."
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Personal Development
"People with self-respect have the courage of their mistakes. They know the price of things."
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"Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back."
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"I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that."
Poetry
"Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems."
Poems
"Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts."
Poetry
"The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a lot of voice and character."
Character
"I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery."
Love
"Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques."
Poetry
"One of the biggest changes that ever occurred in my life was going from the isolation of working part-time as a house painter in Henderson County, to Cornell, where everybody was a literary person."
Life
"One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish that, with one unexpected word choice."
Time
"I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt."
Creativity
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