David Means Quotes

I studied English at the College of Wooster in Ohio, and I did an M.F.A. in Poetry at Columbia.

David Means

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1961

Topics

PoetryCollegeOhioEnglishDid

But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for them to participate in the economic and political future of the country and certainly in the security life of the country.

John Abizaid

LifeFutureOpportunityTruthMatter

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Max de Pree

MomentBecomeUpOrderGreatestWho

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Sophocles

WinHonorCheatingFailWouldEven

This is life we've been given, made to be lived out, so... live out loud.

Steven Curtis Chapman

LifeLiveOutLivedBeenMade

Vision is the true creative rhythm.

Robert Delaunay

VisionImaginationCreativeTrue

There is no singular 'reason' why Africans use fractals, any more than a singular reason why Americans like rock music. Such enormous cultural practices just cover too much social terrain.

Ron Eglash

MusicToo MuchRockWhyMoreReason

When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.

Judy Garland

Black And WhiteGreatPeopleBlack

I am a keen medievalist and like going around museums and ruins and finding out about the people and local culture. I'm not one for sitting by a pool or lying on a beach. I also like to sketch while I'm on holiday, if I have time.

Jools Holland

TimeCultureBeachI AmPeoplePool

I want to be worldwide, international, in everyone's ears, and everyone listening to what I'm saying, because I think I say some good stuff.

Jorja Smith

GoodListeningSayingThinkWant

Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch.

Christian de Duve

EducationWarParentsCityRootsUp

I was emotional. I wanted to be taken seriously. I was pretty emo. I was reciting Shakespeare monologues when I was 10. I still know the whole 'To be, or not to be...' monologue, because I knew it when I was 10.

Constance Wu

KnowSeriouslyEmotionalPrettyKnew

Movies can tell us about our place, or lack of place, in our culture.

Allison Anders

CulturePlaceMoviesTellUsOur

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