Tammy Duckworth Quotes

I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening.

Tammy Duckworth

Quotes to Explore

I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.

Adam Goldberg
- Me
- Known
- Sure
I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.

Fleur East
- Long
- Happy
- Want
When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.

Carla Bley
- Music
- Live
- Best
But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.

Fisher Stevens
I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.

Nalo Hopkinson
- Life
- Great
- Mind
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.

A. R. Ammons
- Poetry
- Years
- Living