Kevin Young Quotes
In many ways, I feel like the form carries so much of the weight in a poem, obviously. But I think we sometimes forget that.

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The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere.
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I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
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I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm a sucker for an accent.
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Title IX came along and changed a lot of things for the better, but nevertheless, it meant that money became more important.
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It's wrong to say that there is no performance in a glamorous role. Even a glam role takes in a lot of effort. There is a fine line between being glamorous and being vulgar; you have to feel comfortable in what you wear.
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African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.
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The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.
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You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
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Anything can happen when people run for office.
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I want to play Lena Horne because I've always been fascinated with her. Her talent was astounding and more than that, her life story is incredible.
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All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
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Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipeWhen tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe; Like other charmers, wooing the caressMore dazzlingly when daring in full dress; Yet thy true lovers more admire by farThy naked beauties-give me a cigar!
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There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.
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The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes.
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I'm pretty cheap, to be honest.
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I mean, I'm a writer, actor, AND director. Not to rock the boat or anything, but compare that to a carpenter and, in the end, who is the better man?
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I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.
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In many ways, I feel like the form carries so much of the weight in a poem, obviously. But I think we sometimes forget that.