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Gerald Vizenor Quotes

It's so difficult to write in motion and get rid of the past tense, and also to create a sense of impermanence.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1934

Topics

Past Create Write Difficult Motion

I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.

Education Challenge Culture Politics

I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back.

Love Music Me Back Feeling Listen

I think that musicians should never forget about the intimacy of bringing two people together, and the aesthetic transference where you're almost vicariously involved in a romance between other people.

Together People Think Musicians You

I have a helicopter that I use for U.K. business trips, and I fly myself. I have a yacht in Antibes in the south of France, which is a sort of indulgence, as we only use it for about four weeks a year. The rest of the time, it is chartered out to people as a business.

Business Time Myself People Fly Out

I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts.

Teacher School Me High School She

I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.

Woman Dating Disappointment Guilt

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it.

Robert Rauschenberg

Painting Looking Without Familiar

I the chief of sinners am, but Jesus died for me.

Me Chief Sinners Jesus Am Died

Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.

Moving Forward America Done Things

This pro-choice issue is a legal issue that should be decided by the courts.

Michael T. Flynn

Legal Pro-Choice Courts Should Issue

Drama's unhappy, and playing someone unhappy would make me unhappy.

Debbie Reynolds

Me Unhappy Someone Drama Playing

When I was at my height on TV, I was always busy - rehearsing, practising my impressions, learning new material. When that faded, I had to find another way to be creative. Houses were something to do instead. They saved me.

Learning Creative Me Busy Find New

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