David Lehman Quotes

Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.

David Lehman

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We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back.

Melina Mercouri

GovernmentThank YouNameYouBack

Everyone who comes to my show has their own struggles. There's so many people dealing with so many things; I love that I get to be part of their healing process by making them laugh.

Anjelah Johnson

LoveHealingPeopleProcessLaugh

I have seen some crazy people do some crazy things on my variety show. I have to stop and ask them a lot of the time, just how they figured out that they could do the things that they do, some of it is just plain freaky.

Steve Harvey

TimePeopleCrazyStopCrazy People

I know there are parents who are very structured and organized and are certainly far more together than I am, it's just not me.

Soleil Moon Frye

TogetherI AmParentsMeKnowMore

My father worked in a bank while my mother looked after my four brothers and me, the only girl in our family.

Tu Youyou

FamilyFatherMotherGirlMeBank

Keep doing what you have to do to help the team out.

Rob Gronkowski

TeamDoingHelpYouOutKeep

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

Russel Honore

LeaderMission

People have this capacity within them to set the world straight.

Jordan Peterson

PeopleWorldWithinCapacitySet

When I was younger, I looked at getting older as this process of getting less interested in things and becoming colder, and of finding less joy in the mystery of things. And I've found the exact opposite to be true. I find that I'm getting warmer, and that I'm more mystified by human interactions.

Jon Brion

Getting OlderJoyProcessMystery

If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.

Douglas Kennedy

HappinessPastPeopleWorldYou

The commercial space industry owes a huge debt to Patti Grace Smith. There might not be a commercial spaceflight industry were it not for Patti's leadership.

Bruce Pittman

LeadershipSpaceGraceDebtIndustry

Atlanta's the hub of black culture, and it's OK to be you there - it's the city that really shaped me to be who I am.

Brian Tyree Henry

CultureI AmCityMeBlackYou

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