Sharon Olds Quotes

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die.

Sharon Olds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 19, 1942

Topics

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Tammy Faye said, I am so happy that Jessica Hahn is so ugly, because now I don't feel so bad.

Jessica Hahn

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I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago.

John Bright

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NYU was my comfort zone.

Amy Heckerling

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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

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A child can escape the shadows.

Steve Largent

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Barriers have been broken: rappers are singing, and singers are rapping. You might catch a rapper on a rock song, a pop artist on a hip-hop song - there are so many different things that are going on today. That is the same way in which we live our lives; we're all over the place. I like to try different things.

Trey Songz

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Just as Bowie, Zeppelin, etc., became rock stars by remaking themselves in the image of the California girls, the Go-Gos became rock stars by pretending to be the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols. Jane Wiedlin always said her biggest influence was growing up in L.A. as a Bowie girl.

Rob Sheffield

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We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Ruth Benedict

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I think it's always important to constantly keep the band on their toes and try new things that you hope will work. That's how 'Apologize' was born, and maybe down the line another little song will be born by that mentality. I've always really liked that song.

Luke Bryan

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In 1978, the tradition of running from village to village with a message was revived. that first run was from Davis to Los Angeles, a distance of 500 miles.

Dennis Banks

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By definition, conservatives struggle with change.

Donna Brazile

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I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.'

Dean Devlin

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