Charles Olson Quotes

I hope you're representing the devil's advocate.

Charles Olson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1910 - January 10, 1970

Topics

HopeDevilYouAdvocateRepresenting

I wanted to be the next Dana Carvey. This was my ultimate goal. If I ever cut into a birthday cake and made a wish, I would wish to be on 'Saturday Night Live.' If I threw a coin into a fountain, I would wish to be on 'Saturday Night Live.' If I saw a shooting star, I would wish to be on 'Saturday Night Live.'

Jimmy Fallon

BirthdayLiveCakeNightWishGoal

Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

John Hawkes

MeSmallUncomfortableProfessional

I think a conceptual idea comes to me first - something I've been mulling over a lot right before I feel like writing a book - and then the characters start to develop around it.

Andrea Seigel

MeWritingStartBookThinkFeel

Growing up in Highland Park, in high school, I had some very influential teachers: I had a math teacher who taught calculus that helped me learn to be in love with mathematics; I had a chemistry teacher who inspired us to work what was in the class and to go beyond.

John M. Grunsfeld

WorkLoveTeacherMathematicsSchool

I start writing at 7.30 A.M. and write till noon. I've never written a single word after 5.00 P.M.

Anita Shreve

WritingStartNeverWriteSingle

The consumer is going through a period around the world of uncertainty - whether geopolitical uncertainty, economic uncertainty - and that makes them a little nervous as well.

Steve Easterbrook

WorldUncertaintyNervousLittle

It's hard for people who come from traditional homes to take women seriously. I do it myself. We're just not used to seeing women professionals. Women have to go out of their way to prove themselves.

Mildred Dresselhaus

WomenMyselfPeopleSeeingSeriously

I think there's certain things that I know in my head that I enjoy: action movies.

Lucas Till

ActionThinkEnjoyKnowMoviesHead

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.

Jorge Luis Borges

DifficultOutCarryOnlyShould

The only real solution is comprehensive immigration reform that secures our borders and provides a path to legal status for non-felons who are here without proper legal documentation.

Jon Ossoff

PathLegalImmigrationSolutionReal

I didn't really know many girls, growing up, because there weren't many other people living around where I lived.

Dolores O'Riordan

PeopleGrowing UpKnowLivingLived

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Douglas MacArthur

SonHumbleBe StrongWarMeVictory

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