Arna Bontemps Quotes

Is there something we have forgotten? Some precious thing we have lost, wandering in strange lands?

Arna Bontemps

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 13, 1902 - June 4, 1973

Topics

LostStrangePreciousSomethingSome

I spent a lot of my career fighting coaches. When coaches told me don't shoot, I'd shoot anyway.

Metta World Peace

MeFightingCareerShootAnywayLot

I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive.

Steve Clevenger

LawLaw EnforcementBelieveFirst

Designing kids clothes is something personal to me because I'm a mother. So to be able to see my kids wearing something I've designed is very fulfilling. With the kids' collection, we really try to focus on great quality with an accessible price point in styles that appeal to both parents and kids.

Stella McCartney

MotherGreatFocusQualityParents

Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best.

Steven Hill

BestPlayNeedBallUsAvailable

If one engineer at a startup tries Slack and says, 'I hate it. I am not going to use this,' that's it for us. We won't get evaluated.

Stewart Butterfield

HateI AmEngineerUsGoingGet

I'd love to find a lifelong female film editor as Scorsese has with Thelma Schoonmaker. I think women are probably, without generalising, sensitive to subtle things as an editor.

Julia Davis

LoveWomenThinkFindWithoutFilm

Past 'Drag Race' alum that I've spoken to, their biggest advice to me was, 'Expect the unexpected,' and, 'There's no way that you can prepare for this,' so I thought I was at least ahead of the curve knowing that I wasn't prepared.

Aquaria

PastMeThoughtAdviceUnexpected

I have a very healthy dose of scepticism towards what identity is and what personas are, maybe because of my life journey. Identity is something so malleable.

Arca

LifeJourneyIdentityMy LifeMaybe

So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government requires it.

Sherwood Boehlert

GovernmentEfficiencyWayEconomy

We all have bits that we don't like, but you don't have to be a size 10 to look wonderful.

Twiggy

YouLookSizeWonderfulLikeBits

The first thing you've got to remember is that it's your clients' money you're spending.

Richard Morris Hunt

MoneyRememberYouClientsFirst

I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.

Kevin Bacon

BusinessMyselfMeColdThinkDown

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