James Merrill Quotes

Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication.

James Merrill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 3, 1926 - February 6, 1995

Topics

CommunicationParentsProblemsEasy

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

Johan Cruyff

StartConfusedSpeedOthersInsight

I have the improv background, but stand-up is different.

Jennifer Coolidge

ImprovBackgroundDifferentStand-Up

There are so many effects and so many things that are done digitally now that it's so hard for the director to really control the process, because there are more and more experts that come in.

John Frankenheimer

ControlProcessDoneNowMoreHard

We must focus much more on developing countries' own policies and priorities, and increase policy and operational coherence between national, regional and multilateral actors.

Anna Lindh

FocusPrioritiesMorePolicyOwn

Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other.

Ann Beattie

LoveTeaThinkHollywoodWayTalk

Beyonce moves a lot. She's astonishing, dances and sings at the same time. She is buff.

Rita Moreno

TimeSheSameDancesMovesSings

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected.

Rocco Buttiglione

SocietyBelieveHumanRightsWhere

Donald Trump - and I don't dislike Donald one single bit - has no idea how good the Mexican people are at building tunnels.

Ron White

GoodPeopleBuildingDonald Trump

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.

Martin Scorsese

FamilyKingMeEverythingOutCurse

Even at a young age, when you start to do well, it's tough because it's lonely on top, and I wasn't the most popular.

Michelle Kwan

AgeStartToughLonelyYouYoung

In Philadelphia, our public safety, poverty reduction, health and economic development all start with education. We can't grow the middle class if we don't give our kids the tools they need to innovate and invent.

Michael Nutter

EducationHealthSafetyStartTools

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

Jonathan Ames

ChildProfessionalAthleteTennis

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