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Quote by David Lehman

“The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched only by my envy.”

Quote by David Lehman

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David Lehman is an American poet, born on June 11, 1948. His poetry is deeply influenced by the American modern poetry tradition, known for its unique perspective and linguistic style. more

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“Virtually everywhere in the world, people still wake up and want their country to be more like the United States than any other nation. We are the envy of the world because of what we stand for and how our democratic process, flawed as it may often seem to be, operates. We should take pride in that.”

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“I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!”

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“I'm pretty rubbish, as we say in Britain, artwise, and I always envy people who can pick up something and even do just a little doodle of someone that looks vaguely like them. It's impressive.”

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“On every movie I’ve done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don’t envy them, at all.”

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“To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation.”

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“Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.”

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“At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did look on with envy. How could you not? In an ideal world, I would have loved to have been a hippy - but I might have been a bit strait-laced. It was my fantasy.”

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“Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.”

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“I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to say you can do anything.”

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