I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say.
Nina Conti
Recitation: by Male by Female
My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies extruded from a metal press and pastel bonbons ordered from See's.
Joan Didion
MotherFriendsCookiesWaySeeOwn
Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived... Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos.
Andrew Motion
FootballPoetryNowKindWayThanks
I always have snack-y foods with me, like nuts and individually wrapped prunes. I don't like getting hungry. When you're hungry, you'll look for foods, and it's never salad; it's always muffins!
Maye Musk
MeYouLookSaladNeverNuts
I'm just the messenger here. I'm just another representative of my faith, so to speak.
Stephen Baldwin
FaithSpeakMessengerHereJust
I was always a performer.
Torrey DeVitto
AlwaysPerformer
If you're the kind of person who likes numbers and statistics, I'm the long shot - the Lotto Powerball winner. I'm the mutation in the DNA that makes evolution a reality. I am the new black.
Tracy Morgan
I AmBlackRealityWinnerStatistics
There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a living out of it. Then they said I couldn't keep it up in my 30s. And here I am in my 40s, and I'm still improving my skills.
Tony Hawk
I AmPeopleMeThinkSkillsLiving
When you have an attorney giving you advice, it would be nice to know what their financial relationship is to the advice.
Lowell Bergman
RelationshipFinancialAdviceGiving
I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.
Jude Law
ThinkCareerLooksActorRiskTry
I'm not really a Jew; just Jew-ish, not the whole hog.
Jonathan Miller
WholeJustHogJewReally
You know that if you lie to yourself, surely other people lie to themselves. And if they lie to themselves, they will lie to you also.
Don Miguel Ruiz
LieYourselfPeopleYouKnowWill
I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.
Dee Snider
LearningI AmChildParentYouOnly
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