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Diane Wakoski Quotes

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior.

Diane Wakoski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: 1937

Topics

Together Poetry People Think Outside

Any time there is a new idea, it can take some time for policy to catch up to it.

Joe Gebbia

Time New Policy Up Take Catch

Being a novelty had its advantages.

Jessica Savitch

Being Novelty Advantages Had

My father spent all those years building his brand. I happen to be his namesake, and I also happen to be the president of the largest Christian university. I think I have a responsibility to be a good citizen. The least I can do is to lend my name and whatever influence I have to make a difference politically.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Good Father Responsibility Building

The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.

Andrew Jackson

Safety Door Law Texas Key Country

A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground.

Ann Brashares

Beautiful Tree Rich You Growing

I was indeed very slow as a youngster.

Roger Penrose

Slow Indeed Very Youngster

I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.

Lou Reed

Music Thought Now Right Always Arts

With Fancy Bear, we have medium-level confidence it's GRU, which is Russia's military intelligence agency, and with Cozy Bear, we have low-level confidence it's FSB, the Russian federal security service.

Dmitri Alperovitch

Confidence Service Intelligence Cozy

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

Colin Firth

Now Flattering Part Actually Lore

The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall.

Chuck Jones

Value Flowers Me Birds Unexpected

There are teachers' unions around the country realizing they want to improve standards of the profession, improve the quality of their profession, and ultimately attract the best and the brightest to their profession. The vast majority of teachers are dedicated and committed.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Best Quality Country Want Unions

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

Annie Lennox

Work Women Done Empowerment Why