Diane Wakoski Quotes

I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.

Diane Wakoski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

BeautyAttitudeWomenIdeasThink

I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.

Jim Brown

GoodPeopleMeGood PeopleHelpTry

I don't like to have a calm, orderly, quiet place to work. I often compose while driving, compose in my head. It is true that I wrote my little book, 'The Sounds of Poetry, A Brief Guide,' almost entirely in airplanes and airport departure lounges.

Robert Pinsky

WorkPoetryBookCalmDrivingPlace

I loved being governor. It was a blast. Eight years was enough. But it was certainly one of the greatest thrills in my life to be able to serve the people of Florida. I miss that from time to time.

Jeb Bush

LifeTimePeopleLovedMy Life

The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control.

Michael Ignatieff

FutureWarControlThinkLawyers

The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden.

John Podhoretz

GreatMysteryRobotsWhyHumanWell

Around the time I opened my second restaurant, Etta's, I had just finished judging at the Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ Championship in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Back home in Seattle, my goal was to recreate the sweet and smoky taste of that BBQ using our local wild king salmon instead of pig.

Tom Douglas

HomeTimeKingSweetWorldPig

Skaters, I think they tend to be outsiders who seek a sense of belonging, but belonging on their own terms, and real respect is given by how much we take what other guys do, these basic tricks, 360 flips, we take that, we make it our own, and then we contribute back to the community the inner way that edifies the community itself.

Rodney Mullen

CommunityRespectThinkBelonging

When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did.

Rita Moreno

YouEarlyGoodnessPurpleSeeBig

The immigrant blame game is constant. Cynical politicians believe it drives poll numbers; cynical commentators believe it drives TV ratings.

Luis Gutierrez

BlameGameBelieveNumbersImmigrant

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Jules Renard

AgeYouOldHow

I'd gone into that restaurant and sat down and the waitress had taken my order and everybody else had seen me with this what must have looked like this creature, this animal, sitting on the top of my head!

Derek Jacobi

AnimalMeRestaurantDownSitting

I'd love to work with Aaron Sorkin on something. Just the way he writes, he has no fear in writing people that are fiercely intelligent, and I love that.

David Tennant

WorkLoveFearPeopleWritingWay

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Diane Wakoski