Mark Strand Quotes

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

Mark Strand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1934 - November 29, 2014

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CulturePoetryEntertainmentOffer

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.

Joel Silver

BusinessWantMoviesBiggerCore

You always want to be working, doing reps, but there is also a time you need the mental reps.

Rob Gronkowski

TimeDoingYouWantNeedAlways

The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them.

Mary Steenburgen

LoveWholeSightsGenreSoundsThem

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

Joseph Stalin

CourageArmyMoreSovietRetreat

You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I'm not going to freak out about it. I'm not that bad. I'm certainly not a boy, and it's been a while since I've been a chef.

Anthony Bourdain

MeChefYouBadBad BoyWant

If we give something positive to others, it will return to us. If we give negative, that negativity will be returned.

Allu Arjun

PositiveNegativeNegativityWillUs

There are 14 Cabinet spots, and God only knows how many hundreds of people want them.

William M. Daley

GodPeopleWantOnlyKnowsHow

I remain convinced that the most valuable use of time for a newly published author is to write a second book that's even better than the first, and a third that's better than the second, and on and on.

Suzanne Brockmann

TimeBookBetterWriteFirstEven

I think my films are always political, even if I don't put explicitly political things in them.

Pedro Almodovar

ThinkPoliticalAlwaysThingsEven

What we've seen in government for so often is that people have been shady - about their roles, hiding things, not releasing things.

Sean Spicer

GovernmentPeopleHidingThingsSeen

And you wouldn't believe what a small world it is because everyone seems to know that I was a Playmate. You wouldn't be scared of me, would you?

Marliece Andrada

MeWorldSmallBelieveYouKnow

My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself.

Martin Dempsey

GoodPowerSufferingConflictBelief

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