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Tracy K. Smith Quotes

For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I thought of as personal essays about growing up as her child, but I never could finish any of them. I think I was too close to that loss, and too eager to try and resolve things, to make her death make sense.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: April 16, 1972

Topics

Mother Death Child Growing Up Think

I waited my whole life to be a woman, so now my clothes are fairly tight.

Life Woman Clothes Now Whole Tight

No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.

Man Happy Burden Bear Days Heavy

It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate.

John Jay Hooker

Law Advice Congress Authority Bench

It's tough to have a movie-star persona when you're on a show as successful as 'Friends.'

Tough Friends You Successful Show

It's hard to know what's going to be replaced by technology tomorrow. It feels like we're all at risk. I feel only safe as an emeritus professor!

Technology Tomorrow Feel Know Risk

Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out of the blue. We have to get our vanities and our preconceptions out of the way and do the work in the time allotted.

Work Time Blue You Will Way

I'm from Asia. You can hear it in my voice, and you can see it in my face, and that's primarily my perspective.

Perspective Voice Face You See Hear

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Man Government Democracy Worth Dying

You can't get much more liberal than John Kerry is. I mean, he's my candidate, but, I mean, come on.

You More Mean Liberal Get Candidate

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.

Think Us Would Unpopular Most Than

It's hard to be a teenager. It's lonely, and you feel like no one understands you. I think that's natural, and my mother let me have the space to feel that way.

Mother Space Me Think Lonely You

What I love about how my career has gone up to this point is that I've always, always put my head down on my pillow at night, and I've been able to say that I've done, honestly, what I've felt like I wanted to do. And that's really all you can hope for in everything you do.

Love Hope Night You Career Down

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