Rita Dove Quotes

As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the way in which certain aspects of history, the things that we are taught in school, the things that are handed down, never, never entered the picture though they might have been very important.

Rita Dove

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryWomanSchoolThinkPicture

When I'm going to work, I often stop and wonder how I've got here. I don't mean literally, but just thinking back to when I first had the idea of being an actress, it seemed so unreal, so unlikely. People like me just didn't become actresses. Every new job I get comes as shock. It's almost as if I'm waiting to be found out.

Maxine Peake

WorkJobWaitingPeopleMeThinking

I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself.

Sonia Rykiel

MyselfListeningListenAuthoritarian

I think that's what a lot of writers do, create a totally fantastical scenario that is a reflection of something else going on in their life.

Matt Bellamy

LifeReflectionThinkCreateGoing

Not to be too preachy, but I would really recommend to people, if you get the chance, to trust yourselves to leap without a net, because that will build the confidence. You know, you might shock yourself with how much you don't need a net because you can catch yourself.

Ross Mathews

ConfidenceTrustYourselfPeopleYou

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

Mike Quigley

FreedomEveryoneProtectionBeliefs

It takes a lot of guts to come out to your friends and family. For most gay people, coming out is the most traumatic experience in their life because of the worry about the backlash: 'What's going to happen? Are my parents going to accept me? Are my friends going to accept me? Are my sisters and brothers going to accept me?'

Martina Navratilova

LifeFamilyExperienceParentsMe

I vote for leaders, and honestly, I didn't vote much in the military because I served whoever is the commander-in-chief.

Michael T. Flynn

VoteMilitaryBecauseLeadersMuch

It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients.

Lorrie Fair

WantClientsMatterHandleHow

'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' is interesting, intriguing.

Chloe Kim

InterestingUpIntriguingKeeping

Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.

Chuck Close

FatherAgeLosingMeImportantAble

And for anyone who ever thought that Ellen and I broke it off because of sexuality, you couldn't be more mistaken. And for anyone who thought my mother's prayers had anything to do with me marrying a man, forget it.

Anne Heche

MotherManMeThoughtYouForget

If I hear that people are litigious, I immediately dismiss them.

Sebastian Horsley

PeopleHearThemDismissImmediately

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