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“Adolescents are in just as much trouble in Native America as they are in the white community.”

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Robert Bly, born on December 23, 1926, is a renowned American poet. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and rich imagination, which has had a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

“We know that the adult in a certain sense has an attitude toward life exactly opposite to the attitude of commercials. Commercials say, 'Your longing for 3.2 beer is very important. Your longing for skin that doesn't have any wrinkles in it, that's very, very, very important.' The adult says, 'No, I've got wrinkles, so what?'”

Knows Important Certain Attitude Adults Skins Opposites Longing Beer Wrinkles

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“The older I get, the more beauty I see in the word renunciation.”

Renunciation

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“I saw Sophia Loren - the Italian woman with those wonderful cheekbones - in a movie the other day. She must have had 24 face-lifts, and she looks like an alien, as if she weren't from this world at all. Her Italian wrinkles would have been a thousand times more beautiful.”

Ifs World Looks Has Beens Beautiful Faces Saws Wonderful This World Thousand Aliens Lifts Italian Wrinkles Sophia Cheekbones

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“As a parent you have to do some renunciation.”

Parent Renunciation

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“Before I was a parent I was struck by Rilke, who, as you know, didn't go to his daughter's wedding because he was writing a poem that day. That was the ideal for artistic behavior in 1950. That's the way I wanted to live.”

Knows Way Writing Wanted Parent Behavior Daughter Ideals Artistic

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“I wanted to spend all my time writing poetry. But when I had children I couldn't do that anymore.”

Writing Children Wanted My Time Writing Poetry

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“Adulthood has something to do with not choosing any of the pure points of view, but living about half of what you really want to live.”

Want Views Half Pure Point Of View Adulthood

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“I got about half the time I wanted to write poetry. I got about half the time I needed to be a father. So there is something in adulthood that has to do with accepting the half of things, allowing a renunciation of the other half, accepting half a basket instead of a full basket.”

Writing Wanted Father Half Accepting Needed Allowing Adulthood Other Half Baskets Renunciation

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