Natasha Trethewey Quotes
The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.

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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting.
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We encourage whistleblowers to come forward in instances where the government is a victim.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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The mathematics is not there till we put it there.
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What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all the grandparents.
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I know that when you are experiencing failure, it's pretty damn painful. It is easy in retrospect to wax poetic about it. But in the moment, you don't think you will survive, let alone have the time to reflect on how valuable those lessons will be for you in the future.
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For whatever reason I tend to get roles that are more damaged.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.