Rita Dove Quotes

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.

Rita Dove

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I went to Brooklyn College as an education major. It was a big deal in the family, but really, I was living for Mom and Dad.

Jimmy Smits

FamilyEducationCollegeMomLiving

I was in the state Senate in Wyoming, and we actually legislated. We offered amendments on bills and voted on things.

John Barrasso

ThingsWyomingBillsSenateState

I had a variety of minds about me and all of them unsettled.

John Clare

MeMindsVarietyAboutThemHad

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think 'actor' and see some easy money.

Matt Damon

MoneyOceanMeThinkVegasPlay

I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

Jeff Bridges

MusicWritingAlwaysBeenInterested

Cancer has enormous diversity and behaves differently: it's highly mutable, the evolutionary principles are very complicated and often its capacity to be constantly mystifying comes as a big challenge.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

ChallengeDiversityComplicatedBig

The people you can't stand can actually transform your life. And help you become happier, healthier, and more successful.

Robin S. Sharma

LifePeopleStandHelpYouBecome

In America they really do mythologise people when they die.

Robin Williams

PeopleAmericaDieReally

Just over 800 people were gathered around the cooking stage, all eager to learn about my five-minute flavor cooking. The demonstration had to be done right then and there, in front of everyone.

Rocco DiSpirito

CookingPeopleLearnDoneRight

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

Minna Antrim

PeopleSmallMentalLikeAffected

As an author, I love to know my book sells really well.

Jay Asher

LoveBookKnowWellReallyI Love

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

David Strathairn

TalkingJournalismAboutAnyone

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