Edward Hirsch Quotes

The sole literary presence from my childhood was my grandfather, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia, who eccentrically copied poems into the backs of his books. After he died, when I was 8 years old, my grandmother gave his books away, and his poems were lost.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1950

Topics

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I'm a virtual worker. I'm not tied to an office.

Jochen Zeitz

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Please know that my thoughts and prayers, as well as those of many, many others here in Alabama and around the country, are with each of you during this time.

Jo Bonner

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I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

John Barrymore

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Designing a house is like doing a movie: Once you're done, you want to say, 'I hope you all enjoy it.'

Jennifer Aniston

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Much of what's called 'public' is increasingly a private good paid for by users - ever-higher tolls on public highways and public bridges, higher tuitions at so-called public universities, higher admission fees at public parks and public museums.

Robert Reich

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The largest single reason for disappointing travel experiences is the failure to plan properly.

Michael Frome

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If you want something bad enough and you work hard enough, anything's possible.

Amy Purdy

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Yet our small business owners across the country are unfairly losing potential interest income on a daily basis until the Business Checking Freedom Act becomes law.

Sue Kelly

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Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.

Sid Waddell

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When you're an outsider, you don't have loyalties to anyone, so you can be cruelly honest if need be. The more you get inside, the more you are involved in polite networks of professional coercion that make people less honest.

Molly Crabapple

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My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.

Lord Byron

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Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating.

Jonathan Anderson

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