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George Oppen Quotes

The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984

Topics

Honesty Time Poetry First Sincerity

You know, we - we start with a mentality that we'll take a sports project if its good. And we're certainly not on the lookout for them, because to be honest we don't have to. They walk in the door.

Good Sports Walk Door Start You

I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.

People First Seem Watch Who Like

My very first job was selling pop off the back of a wagon. Then I went to work in a timber yard to save up for my bass amp and joined The Smiths.

Work Job Back Selling First Up

Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old.

Acting Thirty Cheap Old Years Well

When you're 17 in the suburbs and know only three gay people, holding hands with your girlfriend is a proclamation.

People Hands You Gay Know Three

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

Life Animal Never Order Suffer May

I think, in history, everything is about the remix.

Jonathan Anderson

History Think Everything About Remix

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

Sing Like Songs

I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.

Fishing Golf Camping Hiking Like

I grew up near King's Cross station in London, living in an apartment block where my dad was a caretaker.

King Living London Apartment Up

I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire.

Sun Remember Never Empire British

In 1996, Muhammad Ali and I co-authored a short book about bigotry and prejudice that was keyed to religious and racial divisions. To spread the message, we visited schools in a half dozen cities across the country, talking with students about the need for tolerance and understanding.

Book Short Understanding Talking

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