Natasha Trethewey Quotes
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In Europe and Sweden, we see boobs on TV, and it's not a big deal. Everyone has them; everyone has seen them.
Malin Akerman
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
Samantha Power
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I wonder if I maybe have a natural floatiness that comes through in everyone I play.
Hannah Murray
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Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.
Vikram Seth
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I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
Pablo Neruda
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Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is.
Patricia Marx
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'Blue Velvet' changed my life forever. It was like I'd always read Chaucer and suddenly discovered Charles Bukowski. It made me understand that there is poetry of sublime ecstasy and dark terror, and it spoke to a side of me that hadn't been reached before.
Joe Wright
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In a way I spend my entire life stealing from everything - from the past, from cities I love, from where I grew up - grabbing things, taking not only from architecture but from Italy, art, writing, poetry, music.
Renzo Piano
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The world is new to us every morning - and every man should believe he is reborn each day
Israel ben Eliezer
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I need punk rock. It's the medicine for me, but it's bitter and sickening. If you don't need it - if you're happy and healthy - run toward that.
Bradford Cox
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UNICEF is such a special organization, and to spread the word just makes me so happy.
Charlotte Sullivan
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Poetry's a thing that belongs to everyone.
Natasha Trethewey
