Marilyn Hacker Quotes

The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition.

Marilyn Hacker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1942

Topics

LanguageTransitionLostImportant

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

Jesse Ventura

PowerYouMinnesotaUpLocked Up

We had an awfully good ball club that was capable of beating anybody. They were that good.

John Oldham

GoodCapableClubBallBeatingWere

The James Webb Space Telescope was specifically designed to see the first stars and galaxies that were formed in the universe. So we're gonna see the snapshot of when stars started. When galaxies started. The very first moments of the universe. And my bet? There's gonna be some big surprises.

John M. Grunsfeld

StarsSpaceUniverseMomentsSee

Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are.

Angela Merkel

FocusPoliticsPoliticalPriorities

Make no mistake about it: nobody gives you nothing for nothing. You have to work hard to get what you want.

Tony Bellew

WorkMistakeWork HardYouNobody

I'd never ask an actor to do something I couldn't do - not that I'm the best actor in the world - but if I can do it, then I know that anyone I hire can do these things.

Rob Reiner

BestWorldI CanKnowActorNever

I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks.

Michael Moore

LifeBuildingConfusedMy LifeLine

I'm more into, like, colour than, like, the type of car and stuff. I don't know much about cars, so I'm just more into picking the right color.

Miranda Cosgrove

CarColorKnowMoreRightColour

When you're an adult, things mellow out. I think when you're a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.

Mitski

SadWorldEndingSadnessThinkYou

In primary school I was terrible. I don't think I was particularly well behaved in high school, but I started to apply myself.

Jonathan LaPaglia

MyselfSchoolHigh SchoolThinkHigh

Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.

Jon Gruden

MeasureDownChainsWhyMatterCrew

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.

Derek Bailey

MusicCircumstancesAffectPlaying

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