Muriel Rukeyser Quotes

The 'idea' for the poem, which may come as an image thrown against memory, as a sound of words that sets off a traveling of sound and meaning, as a curve of emotion (a form) plotted by certain crises of events or image or sound, or as a title which evokes a sense of inner relations; this is the first 'surfacing' of the poem. Then a period of stillness may follow.

Muriel Rukeyser

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• I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Believe
  • Women
  • Myself

• Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • World
  • Business
  • Kings

• Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Art
  • Game
  • Turn

• Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

  

  Ralph Richardson
  • People
  • Art
  • Acting

• I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.

  

  Randy Travis
  • Music
  • Business
  • Nature

• I had this maroon 'Lion King' tracksuit that my mum couldn't take off me. I wore it until the sleeves ended at my elbows and the trousers ended at my knees.

  

  Oliver Jackson-Cohen
  • Me
  • King
  • Lion

• I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed 'Casualty' and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.

  

  Laura Donnelly
  • Fun
  • Career
  • College

• See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • Free
  • See
  • Slave

• I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Good
  • Money
  • Fun

• He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Free
  • Poverty
  • Capable

• Our true nationality is mankind.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • True
  • Mankind
  • Our

• Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs.

  

  Galveston Giant
  • Real
  • Like
  • Dreams

• And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.

  

  Hamilton Jordan
  • Remember
  • Winning
  • Start

• Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population.

  

  Jared Diamond
  • World

• Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.

  

  Mark Warner
  • Together
  • Past

• A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I'm committed to loving you, then it's not possible for me to 'fall out of love.'

  

  bell hooks
  • Fall
  • Commitment

• A lot of the commercial world wants to bank in on the cachet that jazz brings.

  

  Kurt Elling
  • World

• I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.

  

  Domhnall Gleeson
  • People

• A frowning face can't bring out the beauty that you are.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • Beauty
  • Face
  • Frowning

• They say that our sense of smell is one of the strongest triggers of memories. Of course, our sense of smell is integral to our sense of taste, so it is no surprise, then, that in a life full of moving and traveling, food has always been a source of familiar comfort for me.

  

  Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
  • Life
  • Food
  • Moving

• I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

  

  David Baldacci
  • World
  • Imagination

• The 'idea' for the poem, which may come as an image thrown against memory, as a sound of words that sets off a traveling of sound and meaning, as a curve of emotion (a form) plotted by certain crises of events or image or sound, or as a title which evokes a sense of inner relations; this is the first 'surfacing' of the poem. Then a period of stillness may follow.

  

  Muriel Rukeyser
  • Memories
  • Sound
  • Emotion