Yusef Komunyakaa Quotes

I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists, we believe we can will action through language. If that's the case, we have to take responsibility for what we say.

Yusef Komunyakaa

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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All relationships are a learning experience, even ones you continue to be in. If you don't see them as that, then that's a problem.

John Krasinski

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Lyft is the fastest-growing on-demand transportation service in the United States. It's as easy as opening the Lyft app, clicking a button, and a driver arrives within minutes.

John Zimmer

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As a geek, I take umbrage at the notion that chips are not sexy. But yes, robots, drones, satellites and self-driving cars are the kinds of things that excite me.

Steve Jurvetson

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To compare the albums is like trying to compare apples and oranges.

Josh Silver

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When my kids were young, we could move and experience different countries and, in my case, different clubs and different football, but there is a moment when they need some stability.

Jose Mourinho

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The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about the risks of following the crowd.

David Sze

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I like to surf. I like to play guitar. I want to do college classes online. I wanted to do marine biology for a long time, but I don't know.

Ali Lohan

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I'm not a huge TV person, but when I do watch, it's always after the fact because I like to binge watch. It's more entertaining for me to watch these characters fresh, after one episode, instead of waiting a whole week.

Alia Shawkat

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The happy medium - truth in all things - is no longer either known or valued; to gain applause, one must write things so inane that they might be played on barrel-organs, or so unintelligible that no rational being can comprehend them, though on that very account, they are likely to please.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

TruthHappyWriteThingsRational

All the particles that we are made of only account for about four per cent of the cosmic inventory.

Priyamvada Natarajan

InventoryOnlyFourCosmicMadePer

With sadness specifically, in America you read about people medicating to avoid sadness. They don't want to experience sadness, and yet it's such a vital part of being human.

Pete Docter

ExperiencePeopleSadnessAmerica

When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.

Pete Rose

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