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Mary Karr Quotes

Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: January 16, 1955

Topics

Time Experience Poetry Short Economy

I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage watching him and running around the country with him singing to children. He would sing songs that taught children really good morals: like, 'Teaching Peace' was a song he used to sing to kids a lot.

Good Children Myself Peace Singing

There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.

Man Young Young Man Bring Poem Off

I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.

Men Appreciate Like Much Very Ben

The original publication of 'The DaVinci Code' preceded the e-book era.

Original Code Era Publication

I'll name names, you know I won't hold back.

Steven Cojocaru

Name You Back Know Names Hold

I loved to go hunting out in the woods and hiking, and that's just not easy anymore. For me, to walk up and down hills in the rough terrain, it just doesn't work very well. It can, but it's three times as hard as it used to be.

Work Walk Me Woods Loved Down

I had lived with my mother in anger and love - I suppose most daughters do - but my children only knew her in one way: As the lady who thought they were smarter than Albert Einstein. As the lady who thought they wrote better than William Shakespeare. As the lady who thought every picture they drew was a Rembrandt.

Love Mother Children Anger Better

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.

Job Pig Summer Working Like Boats

In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me.

Me Office Mail Always Came

There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful.

Family Writing Solid Awful Few Very

When you throw your hands up in the air like you just don't care, you're doing 'The Fly' by Chubby Checker!

Fly Care Doing Hands You Air

Men want to make the best use of time and want to see how something can inform them and give them a stronger sense of power.

Chuck Palahniuk

Power Time Best Men Stronger Want

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