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Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.


Rita Dove

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RITA ORA When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful.
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RITA MORENO I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting...
RITA ORA I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because ...
RITA MORENO My first tour sold out in Glasgow, and they were one of the loudest. I couldn't hear myself.
RITA ORA I love masculine cuts with suits and chunky jewellery. My hair is so glam, it balances it out, and i...
RITA ORA I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make ...
RITA MORENO The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions.
RITA WILSON I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 ...
RITA RUDNER Money isn't everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen.
RITA DAVENPORT We've had one practice. I gave them Saturday off. We're going to keep doing what we do. You don't ha...
RITA ATKINSON We need to be patient and move the ball well. We need balance with an inside-outside game. But if we...
RITA ATKINSON One of the reasons for our success this year is clearly that 13 kids came to practice every day and ...
RITA ATKINSON She said they're a perimeter team .... They're scrappy, and they push the ball up court on the fast ...
RITA ATKINSON I started it; I knew a landlord.
RITA ADAIR We know we need to take care of these people for a few months.
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