Albert Goldbarth Quotes
I hope any poem I've ever written could stand on its own and not need to be a part of biography, critical theory or cultural studies. I don't want to give a poetry reading and have to provide the story behind the poem in order for it to make sense to an audience. I certainly don't want the poem to require a critical intermediary - a "spokescritic." I want my poems to be independently meaningful moments of power for a good reader. And that's the expectation I initially bring to other poets' writing.Albert Goldbarth
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I'd want to read the stories that I'd written, I'd want to show the drawings that I made. That was just purely natural. So I knew I wanted to go into the arts in some way and that I'd want to show that work in some way.
P. J. Harvey -
I've only gotten directly offered two or three movies, ever. I don't have the luxury of being able to say no a lot, and I don't really have the luxury of just getting to pick and choose certain things. If I did, I probably would choose even more different roles than I've played.
Madeline Zima -
People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
Gary Weiss -
It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the major issue in American-Arab relations.
Walter Russell Mead -
My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
Rand Paul -
Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
Saint Ignatius
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
Olivier Theyskens -
I grew up in a very strong, nuclear family. My father was a sportsman. He represented South Africa in a couple of sports, so he was a very positive person and someone who encouraged you to be your best and give your best with everything that you do.
Gail Kelly -
This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
Dan Rather -
Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.
Ralph W. Sockman -
I'm a huge fan of the Clintons. I love Hillary; I love Bill.
Fat Joe -
The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.
Damien Hirst
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While apartheid was in operation, the set-up was a gift for writers if you were looking for a big theme.
Damon Galgut -
To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
Fernando Pessoa -
My biggest challenge in making 'The Devil Wears Prada' was simply to maintain a tone of sophistication and reality. It's about the fashion world, or it's set in the fashion world, and that's a world that's easy to mock. It's easy to satirise people trying to lose weight and choosing between fancy clothes.
David Frankel -
I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.
Neil Cavuto -
I fear that light touch regulations that have allowed the Internet to prosper will now be replaced by a heavy hand that stifles innovation and does not adapt well to change. The Internet is not broken.
Marsha Blackburn -
We know that working with small businesses to create jobs will do more to help our economy than anything the Obama Administration has tried to do.
Marsha Blackburn
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Every night, I'm like, 'Where's the party?' and then it cuts to me on the couch with the remote control watching repeats of 'That '70s Show' and 'Boy Meets World.'
Jennifer Damiano -
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
Les Brown -
That (home run) was a backbreaker. It just deflated us.
Mike Rutherford Genesis -
I always thought records were there to be broken.
Michael Schumacher -
I hope any poem I've ever written could stand on its own and not need to be a part of biography, critical theory or cultural studies. I don't want to give a poetry reading and have to provide the story behind the poem in order for it to make sense to an audience. I certainly don't want the poem to require a critical intermediary - a "spokescritic." I want my poems to be independently meaningful moments of power for a good reader. And that's the expectation I initially bring to other poets' writing.
Albert Goldbarth