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Rita Dove Quotes: 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!
         

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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I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.



All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.



A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

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Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.



Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.



We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.



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The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.



I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.



Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.





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