Alissa Quart Quotes

Civic poetry is public poetry. It is political poetry. It is about the hard stuff of life: money, crime, gender, corporate excess, racial injustice. It gives expression not just to our rites but also to our problems and even our values; these poems are not about rustic vacations.

Alissa Quart

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LifeMoneyPoetryProblemsPolitical

Improv classes were too expensive, so I just started going to open mics. And the day I did it, I did, like, three because I just loved it so much. It was so much fun. And it wasn't good, it was just fun to do. It felt like a release.

Michael Che

GoodDayFunLovedThreeOpen

Back home, playing music is never anything you imagine you can do for a living. It's what you do after work.

Sturgill Simpson

WorkHomeMusicYouBackLiving

What I like to say when you get into something that feels like a bubble or, at least, feels irrational is that you still want to build a company that has a strong discipline, business-building culture.

Travis Kalanick

DisciplineCultureStrongYouBubble

Our military personnel sacrifice for us, and we need to stand up for them.

Lois Frankel

SacrificeStand UpStandNeedUpUs

Family is a major part of my life.

Juergen Teller

LifeFamilyMy LifePartMajor

Mermaids are just the most whimsical, mystical creatures of all time.

Jazz Jennings

TimeJustMysticalMostCreatures

I'm going to record forever.

Dr. Dre

ForeverGoingRecord

I'm still conscious of whether people really accept me, but that insecurity makes me stronger.

Doug Baldwin

PeopleMeInsecurityStrongerAccept

The umlaut isn't on my birth certificate. I had this book as a child called Chloe and Maude, and there was an umlaut on the e, and I said, I want that! It's a little flair. Just to confuse people even more.

Chloe Sevigny

ChildPeopleBookSaidWantBirth

It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.

Alia Shawkat

GreatDayThinkOne DayWould

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

William McKinley

HopeHistoryManDeadInspiration

I'm not right wing, I'm not left wing. I love my country.

Sylvester Stallone

LoveCountryRightLeftWingI Love

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