Tracy K. Smith Quotes

One of my main wishes in wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my life, explore our relationship, think about the different versions of myself that I was with and without her. I also had the really strong wish to bring her to life for my children, who were born after she was gone.

Tracy K. Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMotherRelationshipChildren

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

Jena Malone

GoodGood TimesWorldLaughHard

As actors, we're like these vagabond artists: we have to be invited to perform, so if you don't have a choice of options, it's very hard to define yourself.

Joel Kinnaman

YourselfYouChoiceHardDefine

Any artist, the work you do, if it's a painting or if it's a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else's life. That's what's fun about sharing art.

Matthew McConaughey

LifeWorkHopeArtFunPeople

Every riff had to be perfect and heavy, collectively what we wanted it to be. If there was one person in the room who went, 'Heh, I don't think it is there yet, guys,' we'd scrap the whole song. I think that took a little bit of songwriting maturity for us.

Johnny Christ

MaturitySongThinkPerfectPerson

People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.

Stella Young

PeopleSimplyDisabilitiesPart

Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder.

Steven Pinker

RoadsFinancialBetterMoreKingdom

When I was a kid, I loved Nintendo.

Shinsuke Nakamura

LovedKidNintendo

GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.

Tony Scott

OrganizationEverythingWholeRely

If God truly wanted me to stop, all He'd have to do is have one doctor at the Mayo Clinic find something wrong with my brain. Just one little CAT scan showing any sign of trauma or damage, and I'd be done.

Roy Jones Jr.

GodMeBrainDoctorFindWrong

I've done over 125 posters and I have worked with some of the best photographers in the world. They made me America's Number one Pin Up.

Cindy Margolis

BestMeWorldAmericaDoneOver

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another.

Anne Sullivan

StupidEyeDrivingSeeUsCannot

You know what I'm realizing? I always love a place if I like the movie I'm doing there. I've heard people say, 'I hate Pittsburgh,' and I'm like, 'I love Pittsburgh so much!' I loved what I was doing there, and I loved Austin for the same reason.

Ansel Elgort

LoveHatePeopleLovedDoingYou

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