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Harry Mathews Quotes

Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest.

Harry Mathews

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: February 14, 1930

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Good Great Words Poetry Me Saying

You may be leading, then you might be at the back of the pack trying to work your way up. It's just a constant reminder not to give up, and to know that God, in my mind, is really in control.

Jeff Gordon

Work God Mind Control Trying You

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.

Ana Gasteyer

Play TV Standup

I think what I mostly realize is just that life is unpredictable. So don't be afraid, but just enjoy the day you're in. Really make the most of it.

Amy Grant

Life Day Think Enjoy You Realize

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

Aly Raisman

Now Cocky Talk Never Right Been

Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Man Me Golf Play Street Poor

The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century.

Jay Parini

Letters Invention Century Most Poems

The filmmakers have a story they want to tell, and they go get the material they need for it. The film either exceeds or fails to meet up to their expectations or it's different.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Expectations Story Go Want Meet Up

Giant oak trees... have deep root systems that can extend two-and-one-half times their height. Such trees rarely are blown down regardless of how violent the storms may be.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Nature Deep Trees Down Height Oak

Man may well have covered over and, so to speak, encrusted the truth with the errors he has loaded onto it, but these errors are local, and universal truth will always show itself.

Joseph de Maistre

Truth Man Speak Will Always Over

If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

Jon Voight

Good Experience Me Advice Acting

I'm much more starstruck by athletes than I am by actors, and I think I saw Kobe Bryant at a basketball party, and I just kind of froze. He's monstrous.