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Eileen Myles Quotes

I wasn't afraid of being poor. I didn't want to live in a big house. I'm the perfect size for poetry. I can move around.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Live Poetry Perfect House I Can Big

My opinion is that more languages you speak, better it is, but when you come to America, you speak English.

Opinion Speak Better America You

In the end, being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party, but you're not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.

End Stand You Party Drink Eat

Listening to Dr. King on the radio inspired me. Coming under the influence of Jim Lawson inspired me to think that I, too, could do something.

King Me Listening Influence Think

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

You Say Drink Critics Consumers

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.

Boxing Bleed Smoky Halls Until

Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.

God Attention You Envy Will May

I did not know that if a member of a family serves, the whole family serves. I did not know that the spouses of our service members carry such a heavy load.

Family Service Know Carry Heavy Our

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.

Integrity You Same Means Public

I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.

Singing Body Bad Back Out Alignment

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if you're not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

Music Words People You Forget Want

I've thought it would be cool to have a baby young. You know, be my road dog - like my dogs, they travel the world - but there's always something you have to give up for success. Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?

Serena Williams

What is illiberal is not persuasion but imposition of one's views.

Richard Dawkins

Persuasion Views Imposition

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