Tracy K. Smith Quotes

The glib, facile, simplistic, and prefabricated language by which we as consumers are constantly surrounded is a language that flatters us, that urges us to indulge ourselves, to get away from it all, to be unique by opting in, talking back, liking us on Facebook, leaving a review, sharing, retweeting, etc.

Tracy K. Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LanguageTalkingUniqueBackLeaving

I grew up in the middle of a block where there was an Irish grocery store on one corner, an Italian bar on another corner and the Nazi Party was on the third corner.

Andrew Young

PartyIrishBarCornerUpMiddle

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.

Maxwell Maltz

LifeDrivingSelf-EsteemThroughLow

I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period.

Suge Knight

FamilyHappinessI AmFriendsReal

I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away.

Tommy Lee

DressingRoomSystemAwayStillWho

I'd love to be charming and softly spoken, but that's never going to happen.

Louise Wilson

LoveNeverHappenCharmingGoing

I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again.

Donald E. Westlake

HopeTimeLookSenseNoteAgain

I am actively campaigning for 'chest hair' to become an Olympic sport.

Chris Carmack

I AmHairBecomeOlympicChestAm

All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.

Cleopatra

WelcomeStrangeEventsTerrible

I'm an interior designer who happens to be gay.

Bobby Berk

GayInteriorWhoHappensDesigner

The connection to place, to the land, the wind, the sun, stars, the moon... it sounds romantic, but it's true - the visceral experience of motion, of moving through time on some amazing machine - a few cars touch on it, but not too many compared to motorcycles. I always felt that any motorcycle journey was special.

Antoine Predock

StarsJourneyTimeRomanticSun

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.

Annie Lennox

WomenMenBackPlaceImportant

It doesn't happen every day, but many nights my dreams are like a movie. I don't see normal movement - I see things in very complicated shots. That's why I do remember many of them.

Penelope Cruz

DreamsDayRememberEvery DayWhy

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