Tracy K. Smith Quotes

I feel that, as a person of color, I've always been interested in the stories that are quiet and the stories that often get overlooked.

Tracy K. Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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There aren't any real dumb people in my voices. It's always irritated me about Hollywood dialogue - there's so much dialogue that would just bore a Ford mechanic. This is not how people talk.

Jim Harrison

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Books seem so much more - much more sacred to me, and more important and essential, than they were when I was young.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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There's actually nothing interesting about me except what I write.

Andrea Barrett

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Checks aren't money.

Andy Warhol

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I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party.

Stephanie Beacham

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I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics.

Rod Lurie

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When I die, I want to come back as Bobby Layne's chauffeur.

Don Meredith

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The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.

Deepak Chopra

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We should know who's walking into the voting booth, and I would support anything we do to make sure that our elections are secure, that it's only citizens voting.

Chris Collins

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So many people: Lucille Ball is the earliest incarnation of a woman I thought was funny, Joan Rivers, Roseanne, Carol Burnett, Gilda Radnor, down to current times, where you have Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Kristen Wiig.

Chelsea Peretti

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I like songs that make me feel tough. Like 'Back in Black.' You want to hear it again and get in a fight.

Chris Stapleton

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I'm moving to a point that I'm fed up with the N.C.A.A. dictation.

Brian Bosworth

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