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Katha Pollitt Quotes

Do men drop out of college because they get someone pregnant? Do they quit their job if they get someone pregnant? No. And we do not require men to support women they have made pregnant. Once the baby is born, there can be child support. Before that, though, no.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: October 14, 1949

Topics

Women Men Job Support Child Baby

I think it's the job of the artist to reflect the times and also reflect his or her views of the world.

Job World Think Artist Reflect Her

I grew up with 'The Denver Post' and the 'Golden Transcript.' There was never a moment that I thought I'd work at the 'New York Times.' My goal, starting out, was just to see if I could be a journalist.

Work Moment New York Thought Goal

I also had Wonder Woman Underoos that I really liked. I actually wore them as an outfit to school.

Woman School Outfit Wonder Actually

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.

Good Yourself People Unhappy You

No one's going to feel sorry for me because I've been so blessed.

Me Blessed Sorry Feel Going Been

I'm not as good a singer as I am an actor. So that's why I - the stories I like so much is because I've been a story teller for a long time. I started as a singer and found out I didn't have a very good voice. That's the reason I went into acting.

Good Time I Am Voice Story Acting

We've gotten so far away from our food source. It's been hijacked from us. But if you get soil, plant something in it and water it, you can feed yourself. It's that simple.

Water Food Simple Yourself Plant

I feel like I appreciate and love myself a lot more than I used to. At one point, I would look in the mirror; I just hated what I saw... and finally, when I was 17, I built some confidence, and now I try to keep that confidence going.

Love Confidence Mirror Myself Look

My definition, a definition in the drill books from the time that General Von Steuben wrote the regulations for General George Washington, the definition of the object of military training is success in battle... It wouldn't be any sense to have a military organization on the backs of the American taxpayers with any other definition.

Success Time Training Organization

Everywhere I go, people think I'm Helen Hunt.

People Think Go Hunt Everywhere

My life has become a series of planes, trains, and automobiles with some occasional downtime at a hotel.

Shenaz Treasury

Life Hotel My Life Become Some

I said in my acceptance speech that I hope that readers remember this not as the year I won the Booker, but the year that there were six extraordinary books on the shortlist.

Richard Flanagan

Hope Acceptance Remember Speech Year

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