Rita Dove Quotes

I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing.

Rita Dove

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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.

Idina Menzel
- Risk
- Feel
- Audience
In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.

Kage Baker
- Picture
- Company
- Wait
I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.

Barbara Corcoran
- Life
- Good
- Real
It's like a painter with various layers of paint. I start with a drum loop and add keyboards, and then melodies start to take shape. The vocals happen later. I've never really done therapy before, but it's a form of therapy. Everything else falls away.

Washed Out
- Done
- Start
- Therapy
The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts.

Earl Warren
- Long
- Law
- Fashion
People like space. But they sometimes have been left out. People are much more open to that if you invite them in.

Mae Jemison
- People
- Space
- Sometimes