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Duane Michals Quotes

The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don't trust my eyes. I consider myself to be a short-story writer.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: photographer
Nationality: american
Birth: February 18, 1932

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Eyes Myself Trust Know My Own Own

I have a plate on my neck. I had my neck fused.

Neck Plate Had Fused

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Andrew Carnegie

Climb Brainy Push You Ladder Up

I feel that writers think with their noses to the ground, and the dark stuff kind of comes to me more, even though I really am sort of an upbeat guy. It's an honest descent into darkness. And you can't have the joy without the grief - it's why we listen to Mozart's 'Requiem.'

Andre Dubus III

Grief Darkness Joy Me Think You

I read poetry every day. I look at it as an exercise, a kind of T'ai Chi for writers. It teaches economy of form.

Day Poetry Exercise Every Day Look

I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent.

Live Politics Green Connection Way

If I find anything vintage, I'll have it tailored for my body.

Michelle Monaghan

Vintage Body Find Anything Tailored

Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.

Food Energy Fast Way Fast Food Land

I think some people's comedy IQ's aren't as high as other people's, so they don't really know what's going on. Or they think they know what's going on, but they don't really.

Judah Friedlander

People Think Comedy Know High Going

McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done.

Death Lawyer Done Death Penalty Him

Wilt Chamberlain lied when he said he had 20,000 women.

Women Said He Had Wilt Lied

I hated turning 40; the whole idea of it stank. But once I got through it, I was fine.

Through Got Fine Whole Idea Hated

I've definitely met nightmare Hollywood types who think they're getting twenty million dollars a picture when they're not. But they act like it. And they just insult everybody.

Brendan Sexton III

Think Picture Hollywood Insult Act

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