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Billy Collins Quotes

I find that my reading, particularly nonfiction, can inspire a poem as well as anything else.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: March 22, 1941

Topics

Reading Inspire Find Anything Well

I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square.

Growing Up Black White Growing Kind

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

Want Possible Audience Sing

To be in the wonderful world of entertainment, you have to be optimistic.

Robert Stigwood

World You Entertainment Wonderful

I like to tell stories and relate to people and get everybody having a good time. I don't ever want to be in a situation people feel the need to tell me their opinion. So I stay away from any kind of material that would cause somebody in the audience to shout me their opinion.

Anjelah Johnson

Good Time People Having A Good Time

I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.

Shirley MacLaine

Think Confused Vanity Own Get Male

Witness protection just makes for exciting stories and it's a really rich sort of place to grab stories from... people starting over completely, saying goodbye to their lives before... it never ends in terms of story opportunities.

People Goodbye Saying Opportunities

It is a wonderful and unexpected honor to receive the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Receiving this prize with Joseph Stiglitz and George Akerlof, whose work I have learned from and admired, makes it even more gratifying.

Work Memory Honor Unexpected More

I hate being thought of as a product.

Hate Thought Product Being

We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.

Win Attention Everyone Position Us

I never like to think of any character as being over. I'm always thinking of different ways of bringing them back.

Character Think Thinking Back Never

All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.

Stupid Bicycle Lying Old Finish Up

My mother really pushed me when I was young. I didn't want to go to dance classes, but for some reason, when I was there, I didn't want to come back.

Mother Dance Me Back Young Want

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