Edward Hirsch Quotes

The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfPoetryPracticeMeWriting

Just because everybody else is engaged in a group hug with Barack Obama doesn't mean that somebody doesn't have to tell the truth.

Joe Scarborough

TruthHugJust BecauseGroupMean

This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.

Jeff Bingaman

TimeBackCountryPrinciplesAway

As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.

Amy Adams

YourselfPeopleMeYouWillAlways

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Stephen King

WorkHard WorkTalentTableSalt

People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing.

Stephen Rea

PeopleGameDoingCareerPointUp

I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.

Robert Downey, Jr.

LifeFreedomMyselfWantAheadGive

I turn on the radio. I'm a really big fan of old-fashioned dial radio. I love WNYC and NPR and also 88.3 in New York, which is the jazz station, and it's usually good for background music. If I'm not in New York City or by a traditional radio, I'll stream it on my phone, although I usually try not to look at my phone first thing in the morning.

Julia Stiles

LoveGoodMusicMorningNew York

Changing mass consciousness is an individual responsibility.

Dennis Weaver

ResponsibilityIndividualChanging

We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world.

Chelsea Clinton

HomeWorldFriendsMoreSafeAllies

If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.

Brian Eno

ReligionBelieveThoughtPictureYou

When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.

Brad Pitt

MoneyPeopleStartOpportunitiesYou

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

William Wordsworth

LifeLoveKindnessBestManLittle

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