Rita Dove Quotes

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.

Rita Dove

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 28, 1952

Topics

PoetryRestReadingLibraryPlan

L.A., it's nice, but I think of sunshine and people on rollerblades eating sushi. New York, I think of nighttime, I think of Times Square and Broadway and nightlife and the city that never sleeps.

Jimmy Fallon

SunshineNew YorkPeopleCityEating

I struggled for a long time to get anything published.

Jennifer Donnelly

TimeLongLong TimeAnythingGet

I think we need a Muslim 'Bachelor' or 'Bachelorette.' I think that's what would be the great equalizer, and that would change everything.

Maysoon Zayid

ChangeGreatThinkNeedEverything

Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.

Stone Gossard

GoodTimeGood TimesYearLongBand

Anyone who has ever been an ugly adolescent - and we are legion - knows that the feeling of being unlovely and unlovable never goes away; it is always there, lurking just beneath the surface.

Ruth Reichl

UglyFeelingNeverAlwaysSurface

When I was growing up, I don't think I knew any other child who had been out of Sri Lanka.

Romesh Gunesekera

ChildGrowing UpThinkGrowingOut

It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.

Miuccia Prada

HappinessPeopleThinkWillBuying

Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.

Mitt Romney

LifeBusinessFreedomExperience

I don't want to demonise 'Johnny.' I was really proud of what he achieved. Especially within stand-up. He was quite a unique voice. I will always possibly be trading off 'Johnny's name, but there's a lot more things that I'm able to do now - the strengths that 'Michael' can bring to it.

Johnny Vegas

ProudVoiceNameUniqueNowWant

I can stand here today, look you in the face, and say I'm proud of the efforts of 'ABC News.' I respect 'ABC News.' And I believe they work very hard to present news in an extremely fair way.

Bob Iger

WorkTodayRespectBelieveProud

I'll be, like, grocery shopping or doing something totally mundane, and once a day, you'll hear a Cyndi Lauper song on the radio. It is astounding what an icon she is, not just in popular music but in popular culture.

Annaleigh Ashford

MusicCultureDayShoppingSongYou

I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.

Peter Hain

ChairNeverMovementOutVice

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