Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes

I'm a political poet - let us say a 'human' poet, a poet that's concerned with the plight of people who suffer. If words can be of assistance, then that's what I'm going to use.

Juan Felipe Herrera

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Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they were carrying the Babe down the steps of St. Pat's Cathedral here in New York. There must have been 5,000 people standing around on the sides of the street, and it was tremendous.

Waite Hoyt
- People
- Me
- New York
There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.

T. S. Eliot
- Real
- View
- Point Of View
Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.

Harmony Korine
- People
- Up
- Mind
Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.

Ursula Burns
- Time
- Work
- Like
Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.

Zack Snyder
- World
- Music
- Like
'Villain' is such a harsh word.

Ed Westwick
- Word
- Villain
- Harsh