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Helen Vendler Quotes

I wouldn't be very happy if a poet read what I had written and said, 'What a peculiar thing to say about this work of mine.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: April 30, 1933

Topics

Work Happy Said Say Peculiar Poet

I did 'I'd Do Anything,' and then a play and then 'A Little Light Music.' I played jazz in a night club where nobody listened to me for two years. I sold cereal in a market for a while. I worked in a clothes shop in Brixton. But that's the life of an actor. You never really know when your next job is coming.

Life Music Light Job Me Night

I'm in charge of a lot of young women. They occasionally come to me for advice, and I have to wrangle them.

Jennifer Konner

Women Me Advice Young Charge Come

The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war.

Learning Vision Peace War People

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.

Jean-Luc Godard

Girl Gun You Need Movie

In recent years, America's wealthiest man has begun to tackle energy issues in a major way, investing millions in everything from high-capacity batteries to machines that can scrub carbon dioxide out of the air. With a personal fortune of $50 billion, Gates has the resources to give his favorite solutions a major boost.

Man Energy America Personal Way Air

I think there are certain ways that people are always themselves, but I do think people change.

Change People Think People Change

I had never really thought about acting as art. You know, growing up in Youngstown, the Rust Belt of the world, it was always just a form of entertainment. Finally seeing it as an art form, I fell in love with it. So I moved out to California, never having visited before.

Love Art Growing Up World Thought

I have certain physical features that I favor over others. We all have our areas.

Christina Aguilera

Others Over Favor Physical Our

I tend to be pretty calm.

Calm Pretty Tend

The wonderful thing about Gilda Radner was that she was not a person who disappointed.

Person She Disappointed Wonderful

I don't look for anything in particular, like a particular genre. It's all very much to do with the quality of the script and the character as well.

Asa Butterfield

Character Quality Look Anything Well

Woody Allen asked me to improv once. I said no.

Me Said Improv Once Asked Woody

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