Edward Hirsch Quotes

I had feelings that I didn't know what to do with, and I felt better when I started writing them. I thought of it as poetry. I did notice girls really liked it. Better than football. They liked the combination.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FootballPoetryWritingBetterKnow

I've never thought of it consciously... I say exactly what I think, and very often it's totally politically incorrect. I get, always, chastised for it. So it's not shtick. But I think I'm the one who says, 'The emperor has no clothes.'

Joan Rivers

ThinkThoughtClothesSayNeverGet

I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge me as an actress, not as a person. I'm not a spokeswoman for Anna.

Anna Friel

LifeCharacterMyselfDayMeJudge

Too many people just eat to consume calories. Try dining for a change.

John Walters

ChangeFoodPeopleTryDiningEat

The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.

John Wesley Powell

LanguageTongueGreaterThanMuch

I would love to play Lee in 'True West' and Bobby in 'Company.'

Steve Kazee

LovePlayTrueCompanyWestWould

Designers may find the fashion business can shrivel up.

Stanley Marcus

BusinessFashionFindUpMay

In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this go for him? Would this do or not?

Robert Fitzgerald

YourselfLookingFeelYouGoSay

I really just love making comedies; I love doing characters.

Mike Myers

LoveDoingJustMakingCharacters

Whatever you're fighting for, you go with full passion and love.

Michelle Kwan

LovePassionFightingYouGoFull

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.

Michael Schur

GoodCoolThinkYouSincerityBeing

To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

MusicLightMeStorySexKind

You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as an actor.

Debra Messing

LoveSuccessOpportunityHopeYou

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