Sarah Kay Quotes
I want to welcome folks to poetry, especially those who may have previously felt unwelcome; I want to celebrate everyone who is trying to make sense of this world through poetry the way I try to.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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No, I try not to be a negative thinker.
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Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.
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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists.
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I grew up in an era where you had to find your own way as a woman. When I was a kid, there was this whole physical and emotional neatness and purity that a woman was supposed to have, and I didn't fit into that.
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The war in Afghanistan is not of a peace with the rest of Obama's worldview. It's a holdover from the era that his election was supposed to bring to a close.
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Any time I'm trying to find that groove on a big tempo song, I go back and listen to some Aerosmith records. 'Love in an Elevator,' 'Rag Doll,' all that stuff was really great music. It's something that I still dig and go back and listen to.
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It is necessary to abandon yourself completely, and let the music do as it will with you. All people come to music to seek oblivion.
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I'm very blessed that I have such a supportive wife who is secure with letting me embarrass myself.
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I want to welcome folks to poetry, especially those who may have previously felt unwelcome; I want to celebrate everyone who is trying to make sense of this world through poetry the way I try to.
