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James Tate Quotes

I don't think you can define how you acquire your imagination any more than you can define why one person has a sense of humor and another doesn't. But I certainly would lean to the side that says all those solitary hours of daydreaming were a kind of training for poetry.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015

Topics

Humor Imagination Training Poetry

I hope to soon be in contact with the man who is searching for Noah's ark.

Hope Man Searching Contact Noah Who

The more media interviews you do, the less any one interaction matters.

Jennifer Palmieri

Media You Matters More Interaction

If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart.

Heart People You Done Ask Always

I've never cheated on my wife, ever. But to say that it doesn't exist or it doesn't happen and saying you never deal with it would be lying.

Wife Saying You Say Lying Never

The notion that marriage is an impediment to commitments to the larger community is a long-standing one - and one reason early Christians did not place the institution at the top of their moral hierarchy, complaining that married couples cared more about pleasing each other than doing the Lord's work.

Stephanie Coontz

Work Marriage Community Doing Early

It's funny, you know: my mother-in-law, who doesn't have an ounce of nerd in her, is just so excited by the fact that I write 'Batman' because she'll see an article about me in the 'Washington Post' or 'The Wall Street Journal' or something. And that means so much to me.

Funny Me You Wall Mother-In-Law She

You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella.

Smart You Dumb Intelligent Joke Get

I've already started saying that I'm 30 when I'm still 29. That way, I'm already there.

Saying Way Started Still

I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old teacher who suddenly, unannounced, manufactured a huge explosion in the middle of a totally boring monologue. From then on, all of his class wanted to make explosions.

Science Teacher School Boring Class

My mantra: Brainless exercise is a lost opportunity for improvement.

Michael Merzenich

Opportunity Improvement Exercise Lost

I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.

Growing Up Small Gay Small Town Kind

Obviously you don't want to be anonymous, but you don't want everyone to know your life.

Life You Know Want Everyone Your

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