"If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level."
-Rita Dove
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"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.“
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"Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine."
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"The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something."
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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."
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"I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age."
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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."
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