Charles Olson Quotes

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble.

Charles Olson

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It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.

Mae West
- Look
- Say
- How
I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.

Karl Schroeder
- Time
- Remember
- True
I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating.

Tamron Hall
- Life
- She
- Remember
Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.

Taylor Sheridan
- Important
- Me
- Shine
Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.

Patrick Kavanagh
- Women
- Song
- Imagination
My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the underground punk - rock scene, and though lots of social and political issues had come forth in my comics, it wasn't until my late 20s that I felt properly equipped to address certain issues of race, power, and violence in my work.

Nate Powell
- Work
- Power
- Political