Edward Hirsch Quotes

I grew up in a middle-class house without books, without art. No one around me wrote poetry or even read it.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArtPoetryMeHouseWithoutUp

I take a lot of satisfaction in trying to make my land as self-contained as possible, its own little mini environment. Minimal outputs; minimal inputs.

John Grogan

EnvironmentTryingPossibleLandOwn

I often want things to make definite statements. If I order onions sliced thinly on my hamburger, I don't want them to come out sort of medium. But that doesn't mean it's a reasonable desire, in all things.

John Edgar Wideman

DesireWantMeanOutOrderThings

As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so.

John Fusco

LifeCreativeFightEnoughYouSay

When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets.

Sophia Amoruso

VintageProudClothesTrashAnything

I don't miss the bureaucracy of being in the Army. But I still love the relationships you can build. And it doesn't have to be in military service - it can be anything you're doing with someone that matters. You develop a bond.

Stanley A. McChrystal

LoveServiceBondSomeoneDoingYou

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

Sitting Bull

MotherEnvironmentalFenceBuildings

There was something about Hank Williams, Jr. that I really latched onto from an early age.

Shooter Jennings

AgeEarlySomethingAboutReally

There are few celebrities that I don't know personally. And compared to the rich, most of the famous live in the poorhouse. It's much better to be rich than famous.

Robin Leach

LiveRichBetterFamousKnowMost

When women say that going on publications directed at men is somehow demeaning, I don't think that's true. I think that's one really effective way to change the societal standard women are held to.

Ronda Rousey

ChangeWomenMenThinkSayTrue

The voters of the country decide who they want to support, and the delegates are elected to also make a determination of who would be in the best interest of the party and the country to be our nominee.

Mitt Romney

DeterminationBestSupportPartyWho

The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly.

Jose Ramos-Horta

GovernmentPeopleBelieveViolence

I'm easy to look like, so there are lots and lots of Dolly look-alikes.

Dolly Parton

EasyLookLikeLotsLots And Lots

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