Edwidge Danticat Quotes

I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles.

Edwidge Danticat

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: haitian
  • Birth: January 19, 1969

Topics

DreamsPeopleAmazingGrowing Up

I'm a big fan of lyrics - lyrics are the thing that move me in certain ways.

Joe Cole

MeBigMoveBig FanFanLyrics

Pictures artists staged their own images or copied or cut out others already in existence. The viewer took them in separately, in sometimes paradoxical waves: an original image, then the manipulations of it, then the places where image and idea intersected. This created a crucial perceptual glitch that irony and understanding filled.

Jerry Saltz

WavesUnderstandingPicturesImage

I believe in the unconscious state of the mind in death.

John Harvey Kellogg

DeathMindBelieveI BelieveState

There's something in human nature that says we need to have at least one symbolic place where chaos and dark desires can live.

Andrew Pyper

NatureLiveChaosHuman NatureDark

If you're positioned to start your own organization, that's great - but rare.

Andrew Yang

GreatOrganizationStartYouRare

With girls, there's an insecurity that starts early on. It hangs around them, like some annoying kid from down the block who won't take the hint and go home when dinnertime comes. And moms are usually not great at giving their daughters confidence.

Steve Schirripa

ConfidenceHomeGreatInsecurityGo

I'm president of my children's day school and have a tremendous passion for education.

Shira Goodman

EducationPassionChildrenDay

My dad used to do a lot of music when he was young, so he had an 8-track MiniDisc recorder, and when he realized that I was getting on with it, he brought it upstairs to my room and showed me how to record and how, once you finished eight tracks, you can cut it down to two and have another six tracks to play with.

Shura

MusicMeYouDownPlayYoung

When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me.

Trent Reznor

MindMeImpactFirstBigPlayed

I studied with Sandy Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. I was in the last class to study with him before he had his larynx removed, so I actually remember the sound of his voice. He was an incredible teacher.

Mary Steenburgen

TeacherVoiceRememberClassStudy

If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tribe.

Mike Jackson

YouSameTribeWithinMoveStill

No one wants to have 300 channels on your wireless device.

Lowell McAdam

YourWirelessWantsDeviceChannels

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