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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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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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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When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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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 really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
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The best thing women in tech can do is to invest in other women.
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Oprah Winfrey just announced that she's planning to attend Barack Obama's inauguration. Oprah says she's very excited to see Obama become the second-most powerful person in the world.
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"What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't know." Rogerson did," I told her. "Rogerson knew everything."
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I grew up very poor in a fractured family that was dysfunctional on both sides, but I sort of put up these reflectors to most of the negative things that have occurred in my life. I don't carry around much baggage.
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Growing up in a school that was majority white, my understanding of the world was that I was different but that differences shouldn't be talked about because it's uncomfortable.
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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.
