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Edward Hirsch Quotes

I started writing poetry as a teenager in suburban Chicago out of emotional desperation.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Poetry Writing Chicago Desperation

Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one's own desires through which one listens.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Listening Through Own Only Desires

I have two passports because I have to have at least one, and I really don't know how I define myself. And I feel that as I get older, I feel very fortunate to have, on paper, a dual nationality.

Myself Feel Know Two Fortunate Get

I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet.

Want My Own Thief Wallet Own

Gooseberries should be mainstream berries! Why are chemically fattened strawberries a thing? Why not the delicious gooseberry?

Why Strawberries Delicious Berries

There are so many low points with stand-up. You are perpetually humiliated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't have any dignity left to lose. An audience can't hurt you anymore when you've been completely dismantled.

Hurt You Lose Dignity Matter Low

President Roosevelt's leadership put the world on notice that the United States of America - with the freest, most dynamic economy the world had ever seen - was open for business.

Leadership Business World America

We say, 'The market plummets,' like it's some roaring creature.

Say Roaring Market Like Some

As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.

Michael Cudlitz

Yourself You Actor Try Everything

We ought to have a platform to plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy.

Plan Bankruptcy Medicare Save Ought

Created specifically to house the world's most dangerous terrorists, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is designed to keep both American personnel and the detainees safe and secure.

World American House Dangerous Safe

The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.

Great Picture Speech Texture Seen

If I see something that's extremely challenging, I'm like, 'That seems really hard. Let's try it.' It's just my personality.

Personality Try Hard See I See Just

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