Robert Pinsky Quotes

I don't like to have a calm, orderly, quiet place to work. I often compose while driving, compose in my head. It is true that I wrote my little book, 'The Sounds of Poetry, A Brief Guide,' almost entirely in airplanes and airport departure lounges.

Robert Pinsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 20, 1940

Topics

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It's very difficult to release an X-rated movie.

Jerry Bruckheimer

DifficultReleaseMovieVery

My first-ever job was when I was 14 or 15 in Washington, D.C., a job that I got through Marion Barry's summer-youth-employment program. It was working in the locker room of a public swimming pool, deep inside Anacostia in Southeast D.C., about five to 10 minutes from my house.

Jeffrey Wright

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The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.

Robert McChesney

FinanceUnitedReformAssociation

Buy groceries and feed yourself, even on the road.

Steve Albini

YourselfRoadBuyFeedEven

Enjoying life for me is just normal.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

LifeMeNormalJustEnjoying Life

People are intrigued but also scared about things that are uneasy.

Julia Garner

PeopleScaredThingsAboutUneasy

I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking football. But I also have things to give them.

Jose Mourinho

GoodFootballI AmThinkingLearn

If I have to move up in a building, I choose the elevator over the escalator. Because one time I was riding the escalator and I tripped. I fell down the stairs for an hour and a half.

Demetri Martin

TimeBuildingChooseDownStairsUp

Everything happens for a reason.

Britney Spears

ReasonEverythingHappens

I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy.

Aubrey de Grey

WorkPeopleHealthyLongevity

Raffi is arguably the world's most famous children's singer.

Sheila Heti

ChildrenWorldFamousSingerMost

It's never the end game. Facebook is now a platform upon which all kinds of applications are being built it's definitely not it.

Sean Parker

GameEndNowNeverFacebookBeing

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