Keri Smith Quotes

I find the experience of keeping a journal much more creative on paper than on a computer. When I write, I'm physically immersed in the world and slow down, whereas on screen, I use my senses in a less engaged way - and I skim more.

Keri Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

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ExperienceCreativeWorldSlowDown

As a child, I felt that the Indian part of me was unacknowledged, and therefore somehow negated, by my American environment and vice versa. Growing up, I was impatient with my parents for being so different, holding on to India the way they did, and always making me feel like I had to make a choice of which way I would go.

Jhumpa Lahiri

ChildParentsMeGrowing UpAmerican

Opera combines pretty basic theater and poetry, but the storyline itself is actually quite poetic and, after some digital research, taking that actual content and seeing it as undeniably poetic.

John Darnielle

PoetryResearchSeeingDigitalOpera

It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.

Jeffrey Kluger

LoveConfidenceTruthDeepArrogance

To them, the real United States is just flyover country.

John Ratzenberger

CountryRealUnitedJustStates

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.

Sting

MusicSilenceProblemListenBig

What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.

Rita Ora

New YorkGrowing UpRememberFastUp

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

Lucinda Williams

CommitmentSnakeYouWholeMost

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

Douglas MacArthur

DreamsWarStrangeGunsAgainHear

If I have to move up in a building, I choose the elevator over the escalator. Because one time I was riding the escalator and I tripped. I fell down the stairs for an hour and a half.

Demetri Martin

TimeBuildingChooseDownStairsUp

The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later.

Doug Collins

OpportunityHeartI AmTeamYear

Part of being conservative is judicious conservation of resources, both man-made and natural.

Chris Gibson

ConservativeResourcesConservation

It is spectacular. From about five minutes in, when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to go, the smile on my face just got bigger and bigger, and I was just beaming through the whole launch. I mean, it is just an amazing ride.

Chris Hadfield

SmileRideAmazingWeatherFaceGo

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