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Eileen Myles Quotes

Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Women Men Older Women Older Men Get

I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.

Life Work Family Children Thinking

I've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood, and Richard the Lionheart, and he shared them with me. I went on to do a degree in history, though I found it rather dry, because it was mostly about politics rather than dashing individuals!

Father Memories History Great Me

I did a history degree once.

History Degree Did Once

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Communication Influence Powerful Talk

I'm only based in L.A. because I couldn't get any work in England.

Work Because Get Only England Based

We need more enlightened women in senior ranks, and we have to insist that companies are more diverse.

Women More Need Senior Enlightened

You don't come to work going, 'Oh my God, I've got all this money I have to worry about'. You come to work going, 'I need more time and more money'. Because whatever resources you're given, you're always trying to push the envelope.

Jonathan Mostow

Work God Time Money Push Worry

If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

Douglas Coupland

Cats Pet Now Size Double Were

I guess I didn't even know the word 'genre' until I did 'True Blood.' That's how naive I was, and I didn't realize that there was a point of view about certain types of TV. And so I guess I found it disappointing that there is a segment of the critical community that looks at genre as something that is separate, less than.

Community View Point Of View Looks

It's funny because it's funny.

Musicians playing together, it's a conversation, and ideally I want our conversation to be really intriguing and interesting and beautiful.

Beautiful Together Musicians Want

If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it and tell me if there's something, and that keeps you focused. I know my family and me well enough; why do I need to read about myself? I'm not going to change, I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.

Family Change Myself I Am Me Team

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