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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I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him.
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I wouldn't mind meeting some of the people I've attempted to portray from the olden, olden days. They probably would all have really terrible skin and horrible bad breath, and I'd have to give them an Altoid.
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You never know what a man-or a woman-has inside: how much grit, how much courage, how much willingness to change. When someone draws on those qualities, you're looking at a person of substance. And power. And promise. This world needs more of those.
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I don't have interns. I don't have a manager. I don't have assistants. I don't have a secretary. I can't figure out Outlook Express. I'm the worst person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people.
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We did a lot of high school productions. My first was 'Twelfth Night.' I played Viola. We did 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Taming of the Shrew,' and a lot of musicals: 'The Wiz,' 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Oliver.'
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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.
