Edward Hirsch Quotes

I found a comfort in trying to solve some poetic problems because there were human ones I just couldn't solve.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ProblemsTryingComfortHumanJust

It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don't see you. I chose from a very young age that I didn't want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it.

Viola Davis

LifeAgeValuePeopleMindMe

In most red states, country music is a major way of life.

Meghan McCain

LifeMusicRedCountryWayMost

I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.

Maya Angelou

LifeAloneGreatArtSayingKnow

I was doing illustration work, and the cartooning slowly took over.

Max Cannon

WorkDoingOverIllustrationSlowly

I'm pretty much an isolated person. I'd rather stay home and play video games.

Steve Jones

HomeVideo GamesPersonPlayGames

Being an athlete, you try to get protein.

Ronda Rousey

YouAthleteTryProteinBeingGet

I used to get recognized quite often as being a 'Soul Train' dancer. Quite often, which was great at times but sometimes was not so great. Especially, back at college, it was not so great. It was pretty tough.

Rosie Perez

GreatSoulCollegeToughBackTrain

Economic growth is necessary to keep the promise - enormously important to individual Americans - that each generation will have the opportunity to become more prosperous than the preceding one, the popular term for which is 'the American dream.'

Michael Mandelbaum

GrowthOpportunityAmerican Dream

I love Chicago. Chicago is my home.

Jonathan Toews

LoveHomeChicagoI Love

Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.

Jonathan Haidt

MeSayReligionsDegreeMostSome

My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain.

Dick York

PainMeWavesLongBackDown

Like most early enthusiasts, I always thought the way the Internet encouraged multitasking made users less vulnerable to manipulation, while simultaneously exploiting even more of our brain's capacity than before. Apparently not.

Douglas Rushkoff

BrainThoughtInternetEarlyWay

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