Louise Gluck Quotes

We have a disturbing cultural appetite for novelty, and it seems to me wrong each new laureate should dislodge the ideas of his or her predecessor, especially when they're still unfolding.

Louise Gluck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 22, 1943

Topics

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Certainly in the case of 'Kill Your Friends,' a book I wrote more than 10 years ago, I routinely meet interviewers who appear to know the book better than I do. But still, you have to talk about it.

John Niven

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While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

Maya Angelou

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Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world's only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble.

Steve Forbes

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A diploma only proves that you know how to look up answers.

Solomon Short

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All men are chums who will never leave each other in the lurch. A chum doesn't forgive, he just forgets - women forgive everything but never forget. Being forgiven is very unpleasant.

Tove Jansson

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Millennials are the experiences generation.

Julia Hartz

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I really like using genre to tell a story about characters but also use it as a Trojan horse to tell social or cultural commentary. That's where the best stuff, especially in the zombie genre, comes out of.

Jonathan Levine

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Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card information.

DeRay Mckesson

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Before 'Cinderella Man,' I didn't box. But I boxed. It's possible. You go and you work hard at things.

Craig Bierko

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Sometimes when you tell a story, you reach a little bit too far just to make the story a better one.

Christopher Buckley

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I think the first three Rickenbacker basses were imported around 1964. Pete Quaife, the bassist for The Kinks, bought one. Then John Entwistle from The Who bought one. As for the third one, I asked the manager of the store if I could get an employee discount. He said I could, and so I picked up that one.

Chris Squire

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