Muriel Rukeyser Quotes

Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its terms, but must endlessly repeat the projection of their own desires.

Muriel Rukeyser

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 15, 1913 - February 12, 1980

Topics

LifeCultureSpeakThinkUnderstand

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

Jerzy Kosinski

ArtPausePrincipleBypass

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.

John C. Maxwell

GoodLeaderVisionAliveClearly

Mental health is personal for our whole band. As touring musicians, self-care can quickly become make it or break it on the road.

John Gourley

HealthRoadMusiciansMental Health

I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has.

Andrew Scott

CoachWellDifferentFantasticVery

I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place. I wanna be acting.'

Melanie Lynskey

ActingPlaceDramaStudyingModern

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

Maurice Maeterlinck

TruthValueTrueMoreBecauseMost

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

Ambrose Bierce

CountryRepublicanDemocratsDemocrat

Nothing beats looking out to a sweaty, packed house full of fans.

St. Lucia

LookingHouseNothingOutFansFull

And I have been campaigning for the past three months trying to get the Senate Judiciary Committee that has the oversight authority and responsibility to start its own public hearings.

Sibel Edmonds

ResponsibilityPastStartTryingOwn

I've always felt like a foreigner wherever I've lived. I don't feel much towards my Italian or Scottish roots, although I do cook the pasta at home.

Tom Conti

HomeRootsFeelPastaAlwaysLived

The beauty of the free market is that everyone gets what they want. With governmentally imposed systems, it is always one size fits all.

Roger Ver

BeautyFreeWantAlwaysSizeMarket

I probably went into sports with a sense of competitiveness and came out of it even more competitive.

Mike Duke

SportsMoreOutCompetitiveSense

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