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Claudia Rankine Quotes

A lot of people feel that the realm of poetry and the realm of the lyric is personal feeling and should rise above politics, which, in fact, good poetry has never done.

Claudia Rankine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: 1963

Topics

Good Politics Poetry People Feel

A woman who is not ready to have a baby making it work is not a happy ending to me. It's a personal nightmare.

Jenny Slate

Work Woman Happy Me Baby Ending

The LeBron 11, for $200, has hyperposite construction - a combination of Foamposite material and performance synthetics - and a new layer of Lunarlon cushioning; and anyway, Nike generates about $300 million off the sneakers.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Construction Performance Sneakers New

I was not able to be the front forward of a soccer team - that is a way to make people super happy every Sunday. What I can do is tell stories and try to put my coin in that discussion.

Alvaro Enrigue

Happy People Team Forward I Can Way

One of my pleasures is observing people's behavior and pointing out the inconsistencies that we all sort of have at the center of our lives.

Stephen McCauley

People Behavior Out Center Observing

When I cook, it's something nobody else would enjoy.

Troy Polamalu

Enjoy Nobody Something Cook Would

I'm an old fashioned theater major at heart.

Tom Lenk

Heart Old Theater Major

But basically, I'm trying to write a fun story.

Rob Walton

Fun Story Trying Write Basically

My dad was a theater designer, and I spent a lot of time hanging around the dressing room listening to whatever the actors were listening to, which is where I heard Pink Floyd for the first time.

Diego Luna

Time Listening Pink First Time First

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

Dr. Seuss

Funny Humor Things Here Funny Things

Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.

Bram Stoker

Light Sky Broken Black Windows Tall

I would have 'Call of Duty' be an online subscription service tomorrow. I think our audiences are clamouring for it.

Bobby Kotick

Service Tomorrow Think Duty Call

Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm naughty.

Britney Spears

Sexy Stone Look Just Because Mean