Anne Michaels Quotes

I have a profound resistance to the idea that a reader could say, 'Oh, well, that's her story.' We should all be interested, no matter where we come from, or who our parents are. It's not my province; it's ours. These questions concern us all.

Anne Michaels

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: April 15, 1958

Topics

ParentsStoryQuestionsSayMatter

I'm a competitor; I'm in here talking - come at me. If you score on me, I'm gonna tap you on your butt. You got the best of me - but you got to do it every time.

Jimmy Butler

TimeBestMeTalkingYouButt

After the election of George McGovern in 1972 as a peace candidate - I should say his election to the nomination of the Democratic Party - the party changed the rules to steeply tilt that playing field, creating superdelegates and Super Tuesdays that make it very hard for a grassroots campaign to prevail.

Jill Stein

PeaceRulesPartyElectionCreating

The places that are most likely to grow trees for carbon sequestration are places where trees aren't growing now.

Robert Jackson

TreesGrowGrowingNowPlacesWhere

We need to stop this overspending. We need to start turning this battleship in the right direction. And we all have to share in the sacrifice.

Jeff Fortenberry

SacrificeStartDirectionStopNeed

I've changed as a person because of the art of drag.

Alyssa Edwards

ArtPersonDragBecauseChanged

Traffic is one of the most powerful films to come out in recent years. It blew me away.

Mary Hart

MePowerfulTrafficYearsOutCome

When you do not have the dialogue to explain things, you will use everything to show and to tell the story. I think that this is what makes you believe that it is impeccable.

Michel Hazanavicius

BelieveStoryThinkYouWillTell

I was not thinking about infinite multipliers when I was 10. But I did have a father who was a Ph.D. in commerce and finance and an intellectual man. And so I had a feeling, probably about the time I went to college, that I would try to be a scholar and teacher, but I didn't know which field.

Michael Spence

FatherTeacherTimeManFinance

You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year.

Michael Strahan

HopeGreatWinThinkYearYou

People always think that designers hate each other. And we're certainly a competitive lot, but we also enjoy each other's company.

Michael Kors

HatePeopleThinkEnjoyCompanyLot

Obviously, New York and Boston and Los Angeles have pretty vibrant entrepreneurial scenes.

Jason Calacanis

New YorkLos AngelesNewBostonYork

I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop.

Doug E. Fresh

LearningCreateNewHip-HopWhy

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