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Sylvia Plath Quotes

I remember that as I was writing a poem on 'Snow' when I was eight, I said aloud, 'I wish I could have the ability to write down the feelings I have now when I am little, because when I grow up, I will know how to write, but I will have forgotten what being little feels like.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963

Topics

Snow I Am Writing Grow Wish Down

When I sold my first middle-grade novel in 2005, it wasn't that common to put an author photo on the back flap, but 24-year-old Korean-American me insisted. I wanted Asian girls to see my face. And more than that, I wanted them to see what is possible.

Me Face Back Possible First See

I was in the 'Alvin and the Chipmunk' movie, which was a real bucket list item.

Real Bucket Movie Which List Item

The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.

Life Black And White Football Parents

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Wisdom Yourself Endeavor Through

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.

Balance Me Songwriting Out Side

I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.

Mary Harris Jones

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

Mignon McLaughlin

Heart Partner Rules Crime Never

I don't wish to curse anyone. I just feel bad when women, especially, try to sabotage the image of another woman.

Divyanka Tripathi

Women Woman Feel Wish Bad Image

I always have been a guy that's always smiling, always laughing.

Chris Harris, Jr.

Smiling Always Guy Laughing Been

More and more, my life is going in a direction that is not universal; there's only a very small group of people who understand.

Life People Small Direction My Life

You're only great if you win. I mean, Alexander wasn't Alexander the Mediocre or Alexander the Average. He was Alexander the Great, and there's a reason for it.

Great Win You Mean Reason Average

We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven. We're going to need a lot of inventiveness about how we use water and grow crops.

Water People Grow Need Planet Going

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