Rita Dove Quotes

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.

Rita Dove

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SometimesNeedThingsUnfortunate

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?

Jim Hightower

SpeakYouNowMatterMattersOut

Anytime you can be a part of something that hopefully tries to make a cultural contribution, I love the idea of that.

Matthew Settle

LoveYouContributionSomethingIdea

We have the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world.

John W. Snow

WorldDeepestCapitalMostMarkets

No one always or never does anything. People don't see themselves as one-dimensional, so you shouldn't attempt to define them as such.

Travis Bradberry

PeopleYouNeverSeeAnythingThem

I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.

Tommy Rettig

ChildhoodRelationshipsNormalWanted

Don't crop ears or tails or declaw cats; it's really painful. People think it's necessary, but it's painful for the animal, and it's completely unnecessary.

Rory Freedman

CatsAnimalPeopleThinkPainful

I grew up in Altadena, California.

Martine Syms

CaliforniaUpGrew

Definitely in voice-over, you have to be completely uninhibited. More than that, you have to put yourself back into the enjoyment of pretending.

Molly Quinn

YourselfYouBackMorePretending

This thing happened where I noticed anytime I got together with four friends or more, the conversation goes to food.

Lisa Lampanelli

FoodTogetherFriendsConversation

My wife, aside from being amazing in general, was really the catalyst in this, and I really owe a lot of the move to New York to her. She reminded me I've always wanted to do move to New York for theater and said, 'Let's stop talking about it and do it.'

Josh Cooke

WifeNew YorkAmazingMeTalking

I prefer natural hardwood lump charcoal - the other stuff makes your food taste like Goodyear tires.

Jose Andres

FoodTasteTiresNaturalYourStuff

My dad was an actor, and he always said that work was work; you can't turn your nose up at it. We didn't have much money when I was growing up, and he had this real work ethic, which I inherited.

Johnny Flynn

WorkMoneyGrowing UpWork EthicYou

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