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.
Quotes to Explore
-
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.
-
For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
-
It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
-
I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
-
There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
-
Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
-
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.
-
I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
-
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.
-
I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema.
-
I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
-
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.
-
Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
-
In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
-
Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
-
You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?
-
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
-
I love fashion, but fashion is not my whole life.
-
I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.
-
Clique Maintenance: The need of one generation to see the generation following it as deficient so as to bolster its own collective ego: Kids today do nothing. They’re so apathetic. We used to go out and protest. All they do is shop and complain.
-
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.
