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Amiri Baraka Quotes

My bohemianism consisted of not wanting to get involved with the stupid stuff that I thought people wanted you to get involved with... namely America... Dwight Eisenhower, McCarthyism and all those great things.

Amiri Baraka

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: October 7, 1934 - January 9, 2014

Topics

Great People Stupid Thought America

I always feel like I'm running an hour and a half late.

Joe Morton

Feel Late Always Half Like Hour

Our audience is really upbeat. Likes to have a good time. They're not introverted or shy.

Jerry Jeff Walker

Good Time Shy Audience Good Time

I didn't wake up one day and want to become an entrepreneur. I had the idea for Rent the Runway and thought it would be fun to work on and also thought if it was successful, it would make women feel great about themselves.

Jennifer Hyman

Work Women Great Day Fun Wake Up

I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.

Maxine Waters

People Story Attention Person Kind

Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

Andy Rooney

Teacher People Rest End Remember Up

I try to make the majority of my audience laugh. That's my audience. They'll laugh at the dead terrorist.

Jeff Dunham

Laugh Try Dead Audience Majority

I feel incredibly passionate about Scotland not becoming an independent country.

Rose Leslie

Feel Country Independent Passionate

I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived in, yeah.

Luke Evans

Face Know See Lived Seems Been

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

Luke Evans

Childhood Child Mom Lovely Being

The Champions League is the most important competition; it's fundamental to be involved in it.

David Silva

Competition Champions Important Most

I don't know if he was the fourth man or the fifth, but he was certainly in the top 10.

Christine Keeler

Man Know Top He Fourth Fifth

Louis van Gaal and I have a relationship that goes beyond that which is normal between a player and a coach.

Thomas Muller

Relationship Beyond Coach Normal Van