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Stephen Dobyns Quotes

Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn't comic at all. The comic element works as a surprise. It is unexpected and energizing.

Stephen Dobyns

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: February 19, 1941

Topics

Surprise Reach Unexpected Place Try

I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.

Joe Namath

Man Young Young Man Ignorant Naive

I love Los Angeles, and I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.

Andy Warhol

Love Beautiful Los Angeles Want Los

Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.

Mike Figgis

Drama Film Almost Interested Then

But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one.

Lita Ford

Love Fun Lot Another

Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body, you have a rhythm. So as an actor, as a choreographer, the objective is trying to blend everything in - into - ultimately back into that character.

Donnie Yen

Character Moving Action Talking Body

I want to hear LeBron James's Uber stories.

Bozoma Saint John

Want Uber Hear Stories James LeBron

Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.

Bob Dole

Name Profit Moral Understand Deserve

There are so many opportunities to learn things online, like between Coursera and Khan Academy and Duolingo. There are these awesome websites that are kind of these little personal Aristotles. There are times when I'm preparing for a role of some kind, and then I'll focus on a certain subject.

Brie Larson

Focus Opportunities Learn Personal

We listen to a lot of classical and a lot of jazz, and so you get some funky notes here and there. And we get a little experimental in some of the deeper tracks.

Synyster Gates

You Jazz Listen Little Here Notes

My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store.

Moon Unit Zappa

Mother Country Barefoot Store Did

For me, my brand is good storytelling.

Lena Waithe

Good Me Brand Storytelling

Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity. But they are costly. If you've been investing in those, give it up. That game is effectively over.

Kenneth Fisher

Game Electricity You Solar Over Up