Yusef Komunyakaa Quotes

Poetry helps me understand who I am. It helps me understand the world around me. But above all, what poetry has taught me is the fact that I need to embrace mystery in order to be completely human.

Yusef Komunyakaa

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 29, 1947

Topics

I AmPoetryMeWorldMysteryNeed

As far as my education goes, I've always felt that was my hobby instead of acting.

Mawra Hocane

EducationHobbyActingAlwaysFar

We all know that Ray Kroc founded the McDonald's franchise back in the 1950s, and it then became the most successful business enterprise in history.

Michael Gerber

BusinessHistoryBackMcDonaldKnow

Every time I get caught on the subway around 3 or 4 during the school year, it's definitely dicey. I get a lot of like - 'Yo, are you that girl?' Then I have to go eight stops with them.

Su-chin Pak

GirlTimeSchoolYearYouGo

I will go through these style phases. I think it's confusing in some ways. People like bands to be really consistent.

Mary Timony

StylePeopleThinkGoWillThrough

Sally Field taught me to do needlepoint on 'Steel Magnolias,' and a standby painter on 'Pelican Brief' taught me to knit. I'm pretty good at it now!

Julia Roberts

GoodMeSteelNowPrettyPainter

I'm a real home girl.

Lisa Snowdon

HomeGirlReal

For me, I'm a filmmaker because, above all, I'm an explorer. It's my way of exploring and investigating the problems, the questions, and the mysteries about what it means to be human that vex me most, that keep me up at night, and that, when I finally fall asleep, insinuate themselves into my dreams.

Joshua Oppenheimer

DreamsMeNightProblemsQuestions

I think aerobatic pilots make the best pilots because you know, you're just so confident in an aeroplane. If you're gonna get into trouble, I'd rather be with someone that's a skilled aerobatic pilot.

Janine Shepherd

BestThinkConfidentSomeoneYou

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

Dolly Parton

PeopleProudYouWantAlwaysYour

One of the banes of successful innovation is that companies may be so committed to innovation that they will give the innovators a lot of money to spend.

Clayton M. Christensen

InnovationMoneyWillSuccessfulMay

Actors know, with me they aren't going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

Clint Eastwood

MeBagDoingKnowRightGoing

The Populist Caucus aims to bring people together around middle class issues, so we can tolerate a little difference of opinion.

Bruce Braley

TogetherPeopleOpinionClassMiddle

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