Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

Gil Scott-Heron

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011

Topics

GoodMyselfStoryBetterBasics

I like going to places that are so different than where I'm from.

Jess Glynne

PlacesWhereGoingDifferentLike

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

WisdomWorldProsperityEverything

It's the right idea, but not the right time.

John Dalton

TimeRight TimeRightIdea

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

Robert Morgan

PeopleMeKnowWantSome People

I was unemployable when I got out of college.

Jeffrey Eugenides

CollegeOutGot

Everything happens for a reason. Say if I don't get a role, it may be that it would have stopped me getting another role.

Sophie Lowe

MeSayReasonEverythingMayRole

You want supply to always be full, and you use price to basically either bring more supply on or get more supply off, or get more demand in the system or get some demand out.

Travis Kalanick

YouPriceWantMoreAlwaysOut

I was determined that with perseverance and faith, at some point, someone would say, 'This girl has talent,' and would cast me in something meaningful.

Rita Moreno

PerseveranceGirlFaithTalentMe

I wanted to be a lawyer. I love that job; I don't know why.

Louis Garrel

LoveJobLawyerKnowWhyWanted

A film seeking to create change on a difficult issue should not try to provide a definitive historical overview, nor present an op-ed style argument.

Julia Bacha

ChangeStylePresentArgumentCreate

What happens traditionally in a campaign is they will go out to their list once or twice a week to raise money from their fund-raisers, but when a candidate gets to a general election, you get some donor fatigue because they've already maxed out their campaign to give.

Corey Lewandowski

MoneyWeekYouElectionGoWill

But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic.

Claudia Cardinale

EyesDetailsHandsYouKnowWay

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