Earle Birney Quotes

The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.

Earle Birney

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• I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.

  

  Malcolm D. Lee
  • People
  • Strong
  • Funny

• 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
  • Good
  • God
  • Soul

• I felt like the country lays out like a pretty beautiful story itself, heading from the East Coast to West.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Country
  • Pretty
  • Beautiful

• I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Love
  • Fun
  • Farm

• Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.

  

  Dana Perino
  • People
  • Friends
  • Open

• I think, by nature, human beings are curious. And I think that's only amplified as an artist.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Nature
  • Think
  • Artist

• The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Artist
  • Thought
  • Better

• Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

  

  Fannie Hurst
  • People
  • Money
  • Think

• To be understood is to prostitute yourself.

  

  Fernando Pessoa

• The only art her guilt to cover,To hide her shame from every eye,To give repentance to her lover,And wring his bosom, is — to die.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Art
  • Die

• During slumber's magic reignOther times shall live again;

  

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • Live
  • Magic

• When I go to the movies, I like to see something different.

  

  David Frankel
  • Different

• 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
  • Real

• Hamdan Sports Complex is an amazing venue, and I think all the players will love it.

  

  Chen Long
  • Amazing
  • Sports

• We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

  

  Joe Scarborough
  • People
  • Stupid

• I'm never sloppy, and I never wear jeans. I don't work one look in particular, but it's usually retro - I'm a flea-market freak. And detailed - I'm always very done, even at the gym.

  

  Debi Mazar
  • Work
  • Done
  • Gym

• Some of the stage outfits I've got are ridiculous. I'll lay out clothes to pack, and it'll look like Polly Pocket clothing - because it's all stretchy, it's tiny. I don't need a case when I tour; I can fit it all in my handbag.

  

  Jessie J

• Corny answer is of course is that everyone who wants musicals are children in different ways, aren't they? So you think of them in different ways. There are things of mine I'm sorry haven't come here.

  

  Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Different
  • Children
  • Sorry

• When you have kids, you just love them. It's similar to when you're in love with someone. You just think they are so cool and want to be around them all the time, but what if she starts being embarrassed and only giving me charity visits? I want her to actually want to see me, so that's what I'm going for!

  

  Jeremy Sisto
  • Time
  • She
  • Kids

• My strong sense now is that, as women have become more equal in society, so their depictions onscreen have become lamer and lamer and lamer, to the point that it's an embarrassment.

  

  Allison Pearson
  • Women
  • Society
  • Strong

• We don't get groupies.We get teenagers who want to read us their poetry.

  

  Michael Stipe R.E.M.
  • Poetry
  • Teenagers
  • Groupies

• I never thought of myself as a singer, like ever, ever, ever. It's hysterical that I sing.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Myself
  • Never
  • Thought

• As far as I'm concerned, this guy should never play football again. The answer you normally get after a tackle like that is 'he is not the type of guy who does that.' It's like a guy who kills one time in his life - it's enough. You have a dead person. This tackle is absolutely horrendous.

  

  Arsene Wenger
  • Guy
  • Football
  • Enough

• The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.

  

  Earle Birney
  • Poetry
  • Rhythm
  • Human Voice