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Eileen Myles Quotes

I made myself into a poet because it was the first thing I really loved. It was an act of will.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Myself Loved Will First Act Poet

Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed. For as long as there have been Homo sapiens - roughly 200,000 years - people have filled their lives principally with two activities: talking directly with other people, and doing physical things.

Day Travel I Am People Talking Long

I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.

Father Heart Die Trying Him Going

I would've loved Jack Kennedy. I would've loved to have campaigned for him and supported him. I wish there were more like him today.

Today Loved Wish More I Wish Him

The brain is constantly adapting.

Brain Adapting Constantly

The idea of wanting to do something that's completely natural and then having to repress it is something that I find fascinating.

Find Natural Something Wanting Idea

I've always wanted to sing and to be an entertainer. After high school, I moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles and started songwriting. But I didn't really get serious until then.

School High School Serious New High

I'm always working my own thing. A few times a week - I try to not go too crazy - I'm working with some other artist. But I'm constantly working my own stuff, and my own stuff seems to come in little bursts.

Crazy Week Artist Go My Own Try

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

Teacher Way Everyone Read Met About

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Nature More Real Abstraction Than

I am partial to a cartwheel or two. It's the way to go; I'll be doing them in my 50s, hopefully.

I Am Doing Go Way Two Them

Governors compete. States compete. People & businesses decide.

People Decide Compete States

Most people understand that Lehman Brothers didn't collapse because Gordon Brown built too many schools and hospitals.

Douglas Alexander

People Understand Brown Because Most

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