Tracy K. Smith Quotes

I want to just go to places where writers don't usually go, where people like me don't usually show up, and say, 'Here are some poems. Do they speak to you? What do you hear in them?'

Tracy K. Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleMeSpeakYouGoWant

I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish mistakes.

John Clayton

TimeMistakesLookBackPoorUs

I was one of the first practitioners of social engineering as a hacking technique, and today it is my only tool of use, aside from a smartphone - in a purely white hat sort of way. But if you don't trust me, then ask any reasonably competent social engineer.

John McAfee

TodayTrustHatMeEngineeringYou

My dad was the chaplain at Mankato State University, and my mom worked in the bookstore. We lived just off-campus. Then we moved to the suburbs of Minneapolis, to New Hope, which is where I went to high school.

Steve Zahn

HopeSchoolMomHigh SchoolNew

It was an absolute pleasure just to be able to tell my grandkids, 'Yep. I Superman-punched Vince McMahon right in the face twice.' You can put that on my mantle.

Roman Reigns

FaceYouRightPleasureTellTwice

I remember being 14 years old, making a pact with myself. I would never join into the matrix, never join into the status quo, and I would always fight it. It always felt like I was on an operating table and the anesthesia never worked.

RuPaul

MyselfFightRememberTableNever

I had to admit I'd pretty much failed at the whole low-profile thing.

Mary Cheney

AdmitPrettyWholeMuchFailedHad

I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'

Michael Steger

CharacterWinnerDoingActingLatino

My husband has said even he doesn't know my politics. In the nonromantic-compliment category, that's a good one.

Diane Sawyer

GoodPoliticsHusbandKnowSaidHe

Everyone wants to pluck eyebrows. I thinned them out real thin once and it just didn't look like me.

Denise Richards

MeLookRealEveryoneOutEyebrows

We were raised in the black community not to trust the police, and I believe, in the white community, they were raised to actually be a policeman.

Courtney B. Vance

CommunityTrustPoliceBelieveBlack

I prefer making stuff to talking about how I made the stuff.

Chris Milk

TalkingStuffMakingMadeHowAbout

The Hiltons know how to put on a good wedding, that's all I can say.

Conrad Sewell

GoodWeddingI CanKnowSayHow

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