Anne Waldman Quotes

When I attended the Berkeley Poetry Conference in 1965, I was very inspired. The collaboration of many poets from these alternative traditions - though there were not enough women - who were very much more influenced by, say, Asian forms or by Mantra or by thinking politically through their work in deeper ways really stuck with me.

Anne Waldman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1945

Topics

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I held down as many jobs as I could find, from being a waiter to working at a yoga studio and as a ticket-taker at a small theater company - anything that would allow me to go out and do auditions.

John Krasinski

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There's a wide range of motivations that led folks to patrol the border, to be part of Arizona Border Recon.

Matthew Heineman

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When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in.

Maureen O'Hara

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I am called a gold digger all the time. I don't care. There is nothing you can do about what other people say.

Anna Benson

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I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself.

Michael Badnarik

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'Freakonomics' began with a 'N.Y. Times Magazine' profile I wrote about Steve Levitt. I was working on a book about 'the psychology of money,' and since Levitt's an economist, my editor thought I'd be the guy to write about him. Fact is that Levitt has almost no interest in either psychology or money.

Stephen J. Dubner

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Some people will say, and have said, that I'm trying to run from country, but I'm never going to make anything other than a country record.

Sturgill Simpson

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As a kid, I remember my mother always experimenting with bizarre combinations of food such as gulab jamun and pickle! Surprisingly, many years down the line, I have adapted the same.

Sidharth Malhotra

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I've always sought to get after something that's foundational in people. That comes through my faith, through my belief in life, through trying to hit something that's true every time. I think that's really where you move people, when you touch on something that's true, that's not based on fluff or based on a moment or a movement.

Mat Kearney

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I have a very wide spectrum of stuff that I grew up listening to.

Mike Posner

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No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary.

Josh McDowell

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A lot of DJs don't realize they're here today and gone tomorrow. They're literally taking jets to every show. It's crazy how much money they're spending.

Diplo

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