Donald Hall quote: "There's a great deal of stripping away; in early drafts, I may say the same thing two or three times, and each may be appropriate, but I try to pick the best and improve it. I work on sound a great deal, and I will change a word or two, revise punctuation and line breaks, looking for the sound I want."

I'm happy to feed the squirrels - tree rats with the agility of point guards - but in fair weath...
DONALD HALL

On September twentieth every year, I got to choose my menu - meatloaf, corn niblets, and rice were f...
DONALD HALL

I would work until I got stuck, and I would put it down and pick up something else. I might be able ...
DONALD HALL

As I grew older - collapsing into my seventies, glimpsing ahead the cliffs of the eighties, collidin...
DONALD HALL

We approached Athens from the north in early twilight, climbing a hill. When we reached its peak, we...
DONALD HALL

However alert we are, antiquity remains an unknown, unanticipated galaxy.
DONALD HALL

Many years, I would publish four books - an anthology, a book of criticism, a new book of poems, a b...
DONALD HALL

Friends die, friends become demented, friends quarrel, friends drift with old age into silence.
DONALD HALL

My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my diffic...
DONALD HALL

It used to be that one poet in each generation performed poems in public. In the twenties, it was Va...
DONALD HALL

After a couple of years of public high school, I went to Exeter - an insane conglomeration of adoles...
DONALD HALL

When I lament and darken over my diminishments, I accomplish nothing. It's better to sit at the ...
DONALD HALL

When I lived summers at my grandparents' farm, haying with my grandfather from 1938 to 1945, my ...
DONALD HALL

I live in the house my great-grandfather moved to in 1865... I spent all my summers here as a kid ha...
DONALD HALL

[O]ver the years I travelled to another universe. However alert we are, however much we think we kno...
DONALD HALL

Substitute teachers have a part in the success of these students
DONALD HALL

] came out in 1955, my first reviews were puffs. Then Stanley wrote a long, somewhat censorious revi...
DONALD HALL

I came here every year when I was kid,
DONALD HALL

My great-great-grandparents owned the back pew and they were among those who built the structure bac...
DONALD HALL

I think I'm probably finished writing about it now,
DONALD HALL

It is about her death, but it is also about our life together, we were married 23 wonderful years,
DONALD HALL

I was a fool three years ago. One is always a fool three years ago.
DONALD HALL

By 1968, I had lived 10 years in Michigan. Gradually, I had come to love watching Detroit's base...
DONALD HALL

In December of 1952, my first wife, Kirby, and I left Vienna to drive through the Russian sector of ...
DONALD HALL

Although I was paid a salary in Ann Arbor, my wife and children and I drank powdered milk at six cen...
DONALD HALL

A fellowship to Oxford acquainted me with the depths of English cooking. By the twenty-first century...
DONALD HALL

Chipmunks jump, and
greensnakes slither.
Rather burst than
not be with her.

DONALD HALL

If We Had Perfect Lives We Would Kill Ourselves Out Of Bordom.
DONALD C HALL

religion tears people apart and music brings people together, what does that tell you?
DONALD C HALL

You People Have The Answer To Everything But The Solution To Nothing.
DONALD C HALL

you can never really change someone, only shade who they realy are.
DONALD C HALL

Fear is what drives me to your demise.
DONALD C HALL

Im A Good Friend, But Im A Better Enemy.
DONALD C HALL

My Body Is A Machine Gun, My Words Are My Bullets, And The World Is My Target.
DONALD C HALL

a promise is nothing but a delaid lie.
DONALD C HALL

now i have time to do stuff, and do stuff i shall do!
DONALD C HALL

Reject what you don't want. Get rid of dead wood.
DARYL HALL

I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'
TAMRON HALL

It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in...
TAMRON HALL

On career day as a young journalist, I scraped up my money and went to this big conference for young...
TAMRON HALL

Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience thro...
TAMRON HALL

I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges.
TAMRON HALL

My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters.
TAMRON HALL

I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa.
TAMRON HALL

The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female...
TAMRON HALL

I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Rich...
TAMRON HALL

If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know wh...
TAMRON HALL

I date, don't get me wrong. I'm not up here filing my fingernails on a Friday night. I want ...
TAMRON HALL

We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down......
TAMRON HALL

Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'H...
TAMRON HALL

I quite enjoy cooking. I love cooking for my friends. It's communal, it reminds me of being with...
TAMRON HALL

I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
TAMRON HALL

I have three incredible nieces and a nephew who's going off to college. To hear them say they...
TAMRON HALL

I'm about being honest and knowing that people are watching, and they want to know that I'm ...
TAMRON HALL

I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy.
TAMRON HALL

We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty ...
TAMRON HALL

I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about wh...
TAMRON HALL

I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down.
TAMRON HALL

I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.
TAMRON HALL

I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows.
TAMRON HALL

When the country is at war, you need to support the president.
RALPH HALL

As policymakers, we need to foster an environment that allows U.S.-based innovators and entrepreneur...
RALPH HALL

President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less gover...
RALPH HALL

I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That&#...
RALPH HALL

When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
RALPH HALL

I've always been conservative. I was born that way.
RALPH HALL

When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles.
RALPH HALL

I have always taken care of my body; I'm not a drinker, I've never smoked. And I've alwa...
RALPH HALL

It's kind of hard in politics to forget that you're a Democrat or a Republican and remember ...
RALPH HALL

I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help ...
RALPH HALL

I support both a Fair Tax and a Flat Tax plan that would dramatically streamline the tax system. A F...
RALPH HALL

Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.
KATORI HALL

There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.
CONRAD HALL

To me, it's not the end of the world if I end up not being with someone. I love romance. I love ...
JERRY HALL

My favorite teams are the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets.
BRIDGET HALL

I was always an introvert as a kid. Then, when I first kind of came out as a human being, I used to ...
DARYL HALL

In catering, you're always changing; the client is always dictating to you in terms of their wis...
CARLA HALL

Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you.
KATORI HALL

What I do isn't black music; it's just my music.
DARYL HALL

I guess I've always been a groupie. My first date was a bull rider called Tommy Lee Bryant. We&#...
JERRY HALL

I studied drama in high school, and when I was 18, I studied at the Actors Studio in New York. Then ...
JERRY HALL

When I was young, I was a sucker for smooth men. Bryan Ferry hired me, at 19, to be painted blue and...
JERRY HALL

Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominat...
EDWARD HALL

It's a great way to end. Coming to the White House and being honored like this it's a great opportu...
AHMARD HALL

It's a great way to end. Coming to the White House and being honored like this ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬...
AHMARD HALL

From the beginning of bowl preparations, he's been on point. I think he's back, 100 percent, full sp...
AHMARD HALL

Aside from the game, I was looking forward to today the most. I always wanted to come to Disneyland ...
AHMARD HALL

Every kid loves Mickey Mouse.
AHMARD HALL

Coming last year, a lot of guys understand the magnitude of being in the Rose Bowl, and everything t...
AHMARD HALL

I really am glad that the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has had the cou...
JERRY HALL

It was hard to take but these things can happen.
ALAN HALL

I think Ogden needs to keep these absolute treasures. Ogden High School is one of these significant ...
ALAN HALL

I thought I'd feel relieved, but I didn't feel anything at all. I was just numb. I thought I was goi...
ALAN HALL

It's not new technology. It's innovatively packaging very familiar technology. That's the best part....
ALAN HALL

It's not new technology. It's innovatively packaging very familiar technology, ... That's the best p...
ALAN HALL

They appear to be much clearer in terms of an agenda,
ALAN HALL

It's like the effort to cut the dependence Canada generally has on the American market. Everybody sa...
ALAN HALL

People around here are quite anxious about this and with good reason. The long and short of it is th...
ALAN HALL

I guess they judged their situation as putting them a bit more in the driver's seat.
ALAN HALL

It's an interesting thing that you can really launch a business that will succeed without that many ...
ALAN HALL

Out of the depths, O Lord, out of the depths,' begins the most beautiful of the services of our ...
HALL CAINE

That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up ...
HALL CAINE

I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled ...
TAMRON HALL

Some artists are nervous - most of them are, to tell you the truth, and they have different ways of ...
DARYL HALL

My long, blonde hair has been my trademark ever since I started modelling in the Seventies, when I w...
JERRY HALL

Casseroles are one-pot-wonders!
CARLA HALL

I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should!
CARLA HALL

Turkey is fine, but if I don't have the sides, forget about it. And cornbread stuffing is at the...
CARLA HALL

My plans are not to open a restaurant, but what I would like to do is open a kitchen somewhere in D....
CARLA HALL

I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
CARLA HALL

I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No...
CARLA HALL

When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn...
CARLA HALL

What I love about 'The Chew' is that we have these celebrities come on, and you get to see t...
CARLA HALL

I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
CARLA HALL

When I do something that's stressful, I have to find a moment of peace, so I tend to meditate an...
CARLA HALL

For me, I love the flavors of Southern food, and people usually think of Southern food as heavy and ...
CARLA HALL

I was in Paris, Milan and London from '89 until '91, and I did mostly runway modeling. I kno...
CARLA HALL

I went to L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and I think French cooking is the bas...
CARLA HALL

My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to...
CARLA HALL

When people around me are getting rattled, I may just close my eyes and do a breathing exercise.
CARLA HALL

One of my early childhood memories was my grandmother always having a bowl of Nestle chocolate bars ...
CARLA HALL

Keeping your space clean is as much a part of the end result as the dish being tasty.
CARLA HALL

As a singer, I float around. I'm kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what&#...
DARYL HALL

My favourite pool is located in a remote valley in the eastern Lake District, surrounded by vine-hun...
SARAH HALL

Swimming in the U.K. is not really about enjoying a sultry experience. It's about cold, clear ac...
SARAH HALL

Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appro...
ROBERT HALL

Every man on the team was working. To a man, every guy on the team is ready for any situation.
ADAM HALL

It's an all-out war every shift. With a team like San Jose, we can enjoy it (Friday night), but we s...
ADAM HALL

There is a lot of jockeying for position and our goal is to get home ice in the playoffs. There are ...
ADAM HALL

The power play is one of those things that tends to be a little bit streaky, ... Sometimes everythin...
ADAM HALL

Anytime you get a chance to play with a player of his caliber, it's going to create a lot of opportu...
ADAM HALL

He comes up with his own drills. He sets up the shooters where he wants them, and tells them where t...
ADAM HALL

He tries to constantly think of new situations that he might be caught in,
ADAM HALL

Since I was about eight years old I've been dreaming of this day, it is very emotional, I'm overwhel...
ADAM HALL

I don't think it ever got to the point where I was worried about not being here for the start of tra...
ADAM HALL

The last minute like that, that's the kind of goal everybody dreams about.
ADAM HALL

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered ...
JOSEPH HALL

To love a man enough to help him, you have to forfeit the warm, self-righteous glow that comes from ...
RON HALL

The truest form of love is how you behave toward someone, not how you feel about them.
STEVE HALL

Perfection is the child of time.
JOSEPH HALL

Your ability to learn depends partly on your ability to relinquish what you've held.
MILTON HALL

He is great enough that is his own master.
JOSEPH HALL

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
MANLY HALL

Seldom if ever was knowledge given to keep, but always to impart. The grace of this rich jewel is lo...
BISHOP HALL

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the ...
JOSEPH HALL

Maturity is knowing when to be immature.
RANDALL HALL

You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.
JUDGE HALL

Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.
BISHOP HALL

My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in thea...
ARSENIO HALL

The Cincinnati policeman was using his nightstick like a posthole digger. (in reference to the death...
BILL HALL

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
JAMES HALL

It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of t...
JOSEPH HALL

That's the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that hon...
BARBARA HALL

Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.
BARBARA HALL

Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the...
BARBARA HALL

But penance need not be paid in suffering...It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake...
BARBARA HALL

The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we...
BARBARA HALL

We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily r...
ROBERT HALL

Sometimes, I seem to be only able to actually move and get going with things on the razor edge of po...
STEVEN HALL

I was a sort of New York intellectual when I was 16. I wanted to dress like Annie Hall when I was 18...
REBECCA HALL

I'm trying to get my next job as a biracial action hero.
POOCH HALL

I don't like to be rushed. I plan my outfits for the week in advance. I find the appropriate out...
JERRY HALL

It's so rare that I get to do something in my own accent in my own hometown.
REBECCA HALL

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle la...
CONRAD HALL

I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. The...
TAMRON HALL

In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - ...
LEE HALL

There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'He...
REBECCA HALL

Shopping is a bit of a relaxing hobby for me, which is sometimes troubling for the bank balance.
REBECCA HALL

It's really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they're th...
JERRY HALL

The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material righ...
LEE HALL

Even when EPA subjects its science to peer review, the agency often stacks the deck of supposedly in...
RALPH HALL

One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jorda...
TAMRON HALL

What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest...
JOSEPH HALL

And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in...
JOSEPH HALL

A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.
JOSEPH HALL

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.
JOSEPH HALL

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.
JOSEPH HALL

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
JOSEPH HALL

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.
JOSEPH HALL

He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.
JOSEPH HALL

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.
JOSEPH HALL

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.
CONRAD HALL

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of c...
CONRAD HALL

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.
CONRAD HALL

The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.
CONRAD HALL

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.
CONRAD HALL

I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images ...
CONRAD HALL

Photography is a very important part of my life.
CONRAD HALL

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had...
CONRAD HALL

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get b...
CONRAD HALL

The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.
CONRAD HALL

My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.
CONRAD HALL

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
CONRAD HALL

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
CONRAD HALL

Painting and writing are solitary arts.
CONRAD HALL

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film a...
CONRAD HALL

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.
CONRAD HALL

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.
CONRAD HALL

I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.
CONRAD HALL

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.
CONRAD HALL

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