Muriel Rukeyser Quotes

Editors have grown timid... a brave advance is almost inevitably followed by quick back-tracking, generally by dilution and debasement of the original intention.

Muriel Rukeyser

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BraveIntentionQuickOriginalTimid

Anything can happen at Pipeline; it's one of those waves where the most amazing wave can come through in one minute, and then nothing can happen for an hour.

Joel Parkinson

AmazingWavesWaveNothingAnything

I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge.

Melissa Etheridge

TogetherKingBelieveDreamTrue

Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.

John Portman

ArchitecturePastPeopleBuilding

In times of trial, for inspiration, people want to look to real people rather than to fiction.

Simon Beaufoy

PeopleLookWantInspirationReal

I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in the first two books. You finally let people know what really happens and reveal all the secrets and bring certain characters together.

Trudi Canavan

LoveTogetherPeopleWritingBook

I love to spend money.

Roberto Cavalli

LoveMoneyI LoveSpend

There are so many things from movies that are remembered, that are just looks on people's faces or incredible vistas or beautiful pictures. That is a very important part of cinema.

Miranda Otto

BeautifulPeopleCinemaPictures

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

Joseph Campbell

LifeInspirationalWaitingGoAccept

I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.

Don Cheadle

ChangePotentialNeverAwareness

I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

Diane Abbott

FearChristmasDogsMorbidPostman

None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read.

Denise Mina

PeopleKnowWantUsGoingSell

I work on a TV show I love, I have the opportunity to do movies with actors I respect, and I'm in love with the man I want to spend the rest of my life with, who pushes me and excites me.

Ali Larter

LifeWorkLoveOpportunityRespect

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