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Howard Nemerov Quotes

I liked the kid who wrote me that he had to do a term paper on a modern poet and he was doing me because, though they say you have to read poems twice, he found he could handle mine in one try.

Howard Nemerov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: February 29, 1920 - July 5, 1991

Topics

Me Doing You Say Try Kid

Even though I read voraciously as a child, I never saw myself in books. Without narratives to expand my ideas of who I could be, I accepted the stories others told me about myself, stories which diminished and belittled me and people like me. I want to write against that.

Jesmyn Ward

Myself Child People Me Ideas Want

I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive.

Steve Clevenger

Law Law Enforcement Believe First

'Balika Vadhu' happened to me because I worked hard in my earlier shows. So, in a way, they are responsible for building my identity.

Sriti Jha

Identity Me Building Way Responsible

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits.

Steven Holl

World Limits Push Trying You Say

It's true, most of my days are spent alone in a dark room! I don't really want anyone to see me trying and failing to nail the 40th take of a simple piano cue.

Steven Price

Alone Simple Me Trying Dark True

I got a bike - a fixed-gear with bright blue wheels, custom-made to my specifications. I am a San Francisco techno-hipster, so this selection was a bit of a self-caricature. But sometimes the predictable thing turns out to be the best thing, too, and you can't let that stop you.

Robin Sloan

Best Bike I Am Blue You Stop

All my friends are girls. I just prefer the company of women.

Louise Nurding

Women Friends Company Just Prefer

The same qualities that we all have that are good can lead us to bad things or lead us into a crisis if we don't try to balance them.

Judy Smith

Good Balance Bad Crisis Try Lead

Every street in London has a camera, and if you ever travel up the M4, it feels as if George Orwell should be your chauffeur.

Don McCullin

Travel Camera You Street London Up

In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.

Donald Sadoway

Medical Internet Someone Phone Up

I'm a Gaga-ite.

Clarence Clemons

Me Place Special Park Playing Where

I don't intimidate anyone.

Bob Ross

Intimidate Anyone