Eileen Myles Quotes

I've grown to love Barack Obama. Hillary is no Bernie Sanders. But she's a politician, and she understands Congress. And I think with that kind of twisted beauty, she could lead our country.

Eileen Myles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 9, 1949

Topics

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All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.

Jessica Lange

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I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.

Jenny Holzer

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Fiction is a house with many stately mansions, but also one in which it is wise, at least sometimes, to swing from the chandeliers.

Michael Dirda

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I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.

Tory Burch

TimeOrganizationManagementLearned

I know propaganda when I see it, and I can speak with authority on it.

Martina Navratilova

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I used to listen to a lot of music in my studio - all the time. But as far as the music that interplays with my work, what I've done and still do is keep a lyric book and song title. The material typically comes from Eartha Kitt, Betty Davis, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston.

Mickalene Thomas

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I think there is a lot of fat in the government.

Luis Fortuno

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The multiplication force of technology on cognitive differences is massive.

Jordan Peterson

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I'm pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.

Jon Lester

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I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.'

Don Lemon

LifeWalkSorryFeelKindNever

When The Temptations began, we wanted to be visual. So we did our own choreography and developed our own uniforms.

Dennis Edwards

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Importantly, rather than being solely concerned with U.N. approval, the president must come first to our own Congress for authorization, and I urge him to do so. Finally, I understand the impulse to take action in Syria; however, I hope the president carefully considers this matter and resists the call from some to use military force in Syria.

Chris Gibson

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