Joy Harjo Quotes

I've been present at birth, and death is just as present and in equal balance. And I've been present at death, and birth is just as present, again in equal balance.

Joy Harjo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 9, 1951

Topics

DeathBalancePresentBirthEqual

Ultimately, what the tech industry really cares about is ushering in the future, but it conflates technological progress with societal progress.

Jenna Wortham

FutureProgressTechnologicalTech

I'm in this for the long haul, I want to be doing this until I die. I am a standup comedian. I know a lot of people say I'm not, but I am.

Stewart Lee

I AmPeopleDieDoingLongKnow

I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy.

Sigourney Weaver

MeNameNowTallEveryoneHappened

I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me.

Tom Hollander

PeopleMeLaughComedyEnoughSilly

Regardless of your metabolism, if you stop consuming so many calories, you will lose weight.

Rob McElhenney

YouLoseStopWillCaloriesWeight

Definitely inspired to keep on grinding, keep on going, keep on doing what we do every single year: Win games and put up numbers.

Rob Gronkowski

WinDoingYearNumbersGamesSingle

Bill Polian and I agreed when we first came together with the Buffalo Bills that we'd bring players only of high character to the team.

Marv Levy

CharacterTogetherTeamFirstHigh

One of the appeals of markets, as a public philosophy, is they seem to spare us the need to engage in public arguments about the meaning of goods. So markets seem to enable us to be non-judgmental about values. But I think that's a mistake.

Michael Sandel

MistakeThinkMeaningPhilosophyUs

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.

Michael Mandelbaum

TrustPeaceConflictServingUnited

If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics.

Dick Ebersol

CareerAnythingCenterBothOlympics

The music played most around St. Louis was country-western and swing. Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of the country stuff on our predominantly black audience. After they laughed at me a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly stuff.

Chuck Berry

MusicMeCuriosityBlackCountry

It's sad how people want to see us females go against each other. Never been for that. Never will.

Ciara

SadPeopleGoWantWillNever

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