Walt Whitman Quotes

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

Walt Whitman

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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.

Vidal Sassoon
- Heart
- Home
- Mother
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.

A. R. Ammons
- Free
- Reading
- Poetry
My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.

Pat Conroy
- Great
- Trying
- Fear
As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- People
- Kids
- Desire
It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.

Mackenzie Rosman
- Good
- Important
- Focus
I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'

Jack Reynor
- Day
- Teacher
- Tree