Natasha Trethewey Quotes
The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Think and grow rich.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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Elmcrest CC, in Cedar Rapids, is where it all started when I was growing up. The tree-lined course has a very demanding layout that requires you to be accurate off the tee and avoid a number of well-placed water hazards on some of the holes.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed.
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The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact.
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I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One.
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I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.
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My body really, really wanted to reproduce when I was 15. It took a lot of civilization, socialization, willpower and some emulsion polymerization technology for me not to reproduce at 15.
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I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.
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I've had tremendous opportunities in film and continue to have them, but it's such a different thing to do a television show, and I'm very lucky to be able to do them both.
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I think that there is no doubt that every experience you have in your life, whether it's playing a character or something else, you bring that to the work.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
