Jane Hirshfield Quotes

Poetry is a release of something previously unknown into the visible. You write to invite that, to make of yourself a gathering of the unexpected and, with luck, of the unexpectable.

Jane Hirshfield

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 24, 1953

Topics

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Somebody, just because they are black, too, or just because they are trans, too, or just because they're gay and recognize I'm trans, does that mean you have the familiarity to use certain language? And I don't mean with just me but with the community.

Angelica Ross

CommunityMeBlackLanguageYouGay

It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse.

Jeff Goldblum

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I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Spike Milligan

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What's demanded from us black creatives is both a blessing and a curse, because it pushes you to be your absolute best. You cannot be anything less.

Tomi Adeyemi

BlessingBestBlackYouAnythingUs

I still think an Egg McMuffin is the best breakfast.

Judy Sheindlin

BestBreakfastThinkEggStill

I don't think I'm the face of the city or the Houston Astros. I'm just another guy who is playing hard to make dreams come true.

Jose Altuve

DreamsCityFaceThinkTrueHard

I try to put on a show while being effective because the spectators come to be entertained by beautiful play.

Dimitri Payet

BeautifulPlayTryBeingShowCome

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't.

Alfred North Whitehead

I AmAlwaysJokeWhoThoseNoticed

In China, people are moving from bigger cars to small hatches, and interestingly, the Indian market is graduating to bigger cars and sedans. I will say that we will not put money only in just one segment.

Winfried Vahland

MoneyPeopleMovingSmallSayWill

Technology has been the great equalizer: you can find your audience, you can build your brand, and the people that are into you, great. They're going to follow you to whatever platform you go to.

Phoebe Robinson

TechnologyGreatPeopleBrandYou

I live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home.

Sergio Aragones

HomeLiveSmallSmall TownDownNow

I'm tryna figure out when I'm gonna do my version of the Moonwalk... It's coming, you know? That Dolla $ign moonwalk is comin'.

Ty Dolla Sign

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