Adrienne Rich Quotes

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.

Adrienne Rich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 16, 1929 - March 27, 2012

Topics

LiveYouDesireBurnLivingWill

I think the U.K. would be perfectly successful as a standalone country, part of the European marketplace like Norway and Switzerland but without the expensive E.U. bureaucracy.

Jim Ratcliffe

ThinkCountryBureaucracySwitzerland

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

John Ciardi

NeighborhoodChangingWorseArea

In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.

Andrew Bogut

TimeCulturePeopleBackDoneMore

I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

HatePetNightDownNothingTry

I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill the actors. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses.

Spencer Tracy

PatienceBeautifulWhyDirectorUp

I think, look, you have to be aware of the language, and you have to be aware a little bit of your own biases if you're going to overcome them.

Stan Van Gundy

ThinkLanguageYouLookOvercome

I was never really a DJ... I just kinda figured it all out at once as I started to tour. I was making music and producing and I just had to start to DJ as I got more into touring.

Skrillex

MusicStartDJMoreNeverOut

A license to practice law is not a license to violate it.

Loretta Lynch

PracticeLawLicenseViolate

It's show business. No show, no business.

Dick Wolf

BusinessShow BusinessShow

I don't have a terrible singing voice, but I also wouldn't call it 'good.' I can carry a tune.

Diablo Cody

GoodSingingVoiceI CanCarryCall

Our investigations were very fruitful. They led to the discovery of a new cell part, the lysosome, which received its name in 1955, and later of yet another organelle, the peroxisome.

Christian de Duve

NameDiscoveryNewFruitfulOurLed

I enjoy the crowds. It's not that hard to talk to them, to have fun with them.

Boo Weekley

FunHave FunEnjoyTalkHardCrowds

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