Eileen Myles Quotes

If the poetry world celebrate its female stars at the true level of their productivity and influence, poetry would wind up being a largely female world, and the men would leave.

Eileen Myles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I think if I produced a show I would not want to be part of that production. That's not... I'm not... I mean, I couldn't even sell Boy Scout chocolate bars when I was a kid!

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.

An Wang

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There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

Steven Wright

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I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation.

Tom Stoppard

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I open all my concerts with 'My Backpages,' written by Bob Dylan, and close them all with 'May the Road Rise to Meet You,' written by Roger McGuinn and Camilla McGuinn.

Roger McGuinn

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I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

Ross Kemp

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I love Jeremy Corbyn, definitely.

Michaela Coel

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It is easy for Americans to forget a simple fact that is very clear to the people around the world that yearn to live in this country: America is the best country in the entire damn world! It deserves to be made great again, because America is, in the words of President Ronald Reagan, 'the last best hope of mankind.'

Milo Yiannopoulos

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I've been working on the new Miracle Mop for many years.

Joy Mangano

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If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again.

Diane Cilento

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I've gone from being bullied by jocks as a kid to being bullied by nerds as an adult.

Chris Hardwick

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It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.

Chris Hemsworth

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