Maxine Kumin Quotes

The thing that's depressing is teaching graduate students today and discovering that they don't know simple elemental facts of grammar. They really do not know how to scan a line; they've never been taught to scan a line. Many of them don't know the difference between 'lie' and 'lay,' let alone 'its' and 'it's.' And they're in graduate school!

Maxine Kumin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 6, 1925 - February 6, 2014

Topics

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If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years.

Joe Montana

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I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams.

St. Vincent

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I don't want to be a dictator, because it is contrary to my own conscience. I am a democrat, but I don't desire democratic liberalism. On the contrary, I want a guided democracy... I have a conception of my own, which I will put at the disposal of the party leaders if required.

Sukarno

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I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love.

Shuler Hensley

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To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes to the balance sheet. A transparent foundation should disclose this.

Shiv Nadar

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I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

Michio Kaku

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I never go sexy. I'm more into a well-made pair of pants and a good shoe.

Dree Hemingway

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Our country is pathologically violent.

Dee Rees

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By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.

Christopher Nolan

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The studio is a place where I can experiment before I'm prepared for an idea to become a body of work, or a new way of working, or a way of working that can sustain me over a period of time.

Chris Ofili

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The people of New Hampshire want someone in the U.S. Senate with clear, concise views on terrorism. They'll judge a congressman based on the people he associates with, his voting record, and his campaign contributions.

Corey Lewandowski

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Pinhead needed to say goodbye. He had a farewell speech to make. It was truly as simple as that.

Clive Barker

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