Brenda Hillman Quotes
I have many influences and poets whose work I love. My personal canon includes Blake, Keats, Dickinson, Baudelaire, Stevens, Duncan and Barbara Guest - and many living poets as well.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.
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I'm not a big fan of remakes. And even if they are good, they're still not as good as the original, so what's the point?
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I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work. I love to write.
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I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.
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I have many influences and poets whose work I love. My personal canon includes Blake, Keats, Dickinson, Baudelaire, Stevens, Duncan and Barbara Guest - and many living poets as well.
