As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days. X. J. Kennedy Days • Feel • Old • Old Formalities • Sometimes • Writer • Writer Given
I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem. X. J. Kennedy Anybody • Moments • Only • Person • Poem • Poet • Rare • Rare Moments • Think
To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse. X. J. Kennedy Black • Black And White • Certain Successful Pieces • Color • Difference Between • Film • Free • Me • Poem • Rhyme
I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them. X. J. Kennedy Cry • Know • Laugh • Like • Poems • Them • Whether • You
The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves experts on children's literature. But I suspected that kids like to look closely at things and figure out what makes them go. X. J. Kennedy Attitude • Children • Closely • Kids • Literature • Many • Poetry • Prevalent • Themselves Experts
Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe. W. Averell Harriman Congress • Direction • Direction Congress • Down • Marshall Plan • Plan • Ready • Second Authorization Act • Whole Preamble
It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover. W. Averell Harriman Communist • Disaster • Marshall Plan • Me • Never • Plan • Program
We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender. W. Averell Harriman Back • Fight • Germans • Go • Never • Stalin • Surrender • Urals • Us • Wrong
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. W. Averell Harriman Always • Conferences • Courteous • Foreign Ministers • Left • Level • Namecalling • Top • Top Level
The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them. W. Averell Harriman Alone • Better • Biggest Trade • Germany • Prewar • Right • Think • Trade • Two • Two Highly Industrialized Nations
Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement. W. Averell Harriman Agreement • Broken • Determined • Eastern • Over • Poland • Roosevelt • Stalin • Stop • Thought
The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease. W. Averell Harriman Advantage • LendLease • Often • Russians • Took
I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was quite clear that the more prosperous Europe became, the more business there would be in the United States. W. Averell Harriman Accept • Business • Certain Restrictions • Great • Great Dollar Shortage • More • Prosperous • Quite Clear • Quite Ready • Ready • United States
The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight. W. Averell Harriman Almost • Attitude • Everybody • International • War
Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke. W. Averell Harriman Americans • Difficulties • Drink • Go • Movies • Russia
We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held. W. Averell Harriman Awful • Brutality • Convinced • Great • Great War • He • Leader • Never • Regardless • Reign • Stalin • Terror • War
Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain participated in a very real way in the recovery of Russia. W. Averell Harriman Aid • Away • Britain • First • Much • Real • Real Way • Recovery • Russia • Sense Britain Participated • Way
It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again. W. Averell Harriman Afford • Build • Clear • Fear • Germany • Him • Many Times • Me • See • Stalin • Twice • United Germany • Want
There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta. W. Averell Harriman Day • Europe • Every • Every Day • Myth • Roosevelt • Roosevelt Every Day • Yalta
I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world. W. Averell Harriman Afraid • Awe • Certain Awe • He • Influence • Roosevelt • Sort • Stalin • Think • Whenever Roosevelt Spoke • World
This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements. W. Averell Harriman British • Influence • Military • Much • Period • Possible • War
We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe. W. Averell Harriman Barriers • Breakdown • Europe • Europe First • Feet • Help • Hope • Talking • Trade Barriers
Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce. W. Averell Harriman Actually • Banker • Board • Certain Amount • Europe • Experience • International • Interwar Period
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since. W. Averell Harriman Change • Country • Isolationism • Leadership • Never • One • Policy • Roosevelt • Terrific Revolution • Vision • World • World Leadership
Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of Europe to Russia and always had been, and therefore he had to control Poland. W. Averell Harriman Control • Country • Course • Europe • Invasion Route • Key • Key Country • Me • Plains • Poland • Remember • Stalin
I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over. W. Averell Harriman Available • May • Mind • Much • Need • Over • Telegrams • Think • War
As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient. W. Averell Harriman Adequate Gold • Gold • International Trade • More • Reverse • Russians • Selfsufficient • Trade
The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use. W. Averell Harriman Effort • LendLease • Number • Plants • Russians • Thought • War • Washington
How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it. W. Averell Harriman Amount • Giving • Hoffman • Justify Giving • Money • Said • Support • Up • You
As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Advice • Best • Brave • Integral Part • Journey • Rejection • Simple • Simple Enough Thing • Sounds
I love being new places and hate getting there, and have been known to say on multiple occasions that I would give anything from a piece of my soul to a limb to a portion of my life savings to teleport. Especially when bad weather keeps me off planes. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Bad Weather Keeps • Hate • Known • Life • Love • Me • Multiple Occasions • New Places • Planes • Soul • Weather
So many people think that if you're writing fantasy, it means you can just make everything up as you go. Want to add a dragon? Add a dragon! Want some magic? Throw it in. But the thing is, regardless of whether you're dealing with realism or fantasy, every world has rules. Make sure to establish a natural order. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Dragon • Fantasy • Fantasy Every World • Go • Magic • Many People • People • Realism • Regardless • Sure • Thing • Think • Whether • World • Writing
I still get rejections – frequently – and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Constantly • Critique • Down • Fail • Goal • Myself • Order • Rejection • Rejections • Simply • Succeed • Turned
I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care – not in a lasting way – about what's happening to them. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Care • Characters • Enough • Firm Believer • Fun • Fun Enough • Good • Good Plot • I Am • Lasting Way • Way
I think a lot of writers are tempted to add complexity by over-complicating things, but always remember that most natural rules/laws are, at their core, simple. Start simple, and build from there, or you risk getting yourself and your readers tangled. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Complexity • Lot • Natural • Overcomplicating Things • Readers • Remember • Simple • Start • Think • Writers • Yourself
I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Age • Athletic • Athletic Child • Child • Competitive Soccer Player • Months • Soccer • Stints Ranging • Up • Years
Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Body • Combination • Fencing • Game • Intent • Living Chess • Match • Mind • Moment • Reflexes • Together • Work
I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors – between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic – and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Death • Doors • Doors Between • Life • Magic • Start • Tendency • World
I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!' Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Bride • Clifftop • Life • Mum • My Life • Princess • Princess Bride • Sword • Th Time • Time
It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Matters • People • Why
It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Action • Hard • Introducing Readers • New • New World • People • Rules • Set • Story • World
Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Face • People • Situation • Think • Weaker • Young
I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Actually Induces Stress • Last Year • Listener • Sound • Stress • Study • Year
Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Around • Bach • Beatles • Everything • Great • Hard • May • Possible • Simple • Way
But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the past 10 or 15 years, bad as it is, is nothing compared to the kind of things people would write down and sing back in the Civil War. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Bad • Civil War Songs • Country Today • Down • Gruesome • Hatred • Past • People • Point • Today • War • Years
You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Bloody • Civil War • Civil War Music • Full • Hatred • Me • Music • Thing • Vitriol • War • You
I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Back • Listen • Loud • Loud Music • Love • Music • Part • Play • Record • Thing
Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Documents • Doing • Over • Period • Record • Records • Three • Three Years • Time • Two • Years
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