Yusef Komunyakaa Quotes

It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.

Yusef Komunyakaa

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfDecisionLanguageDoingPoet

I did my dissertation on Kafka.

Jessie Ware

DidDissertationKafka

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

John Greenleaf Whittier

GodMeWellBehindEvenBefore

I learned the hard way that taking shortcuts and living for free is not really living free.

Sophia Amoruso

FreeLivingWayShortcutsHard

'Nightmare on Elm Street' really lends itself to using new technologies. CGI would be a great way to exploit and embrace the dream sequences.

Robert Englund

GreatDreamNewStreetEmbraceWay

Like millions of Scots, I've agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.

Rory Bremner

IndependenceGoOverUnionLike

I acted in theater and I took film classes when I was 12 and just obsessed over it. I loved it and spent hours and hours in the film studio learning and watching.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

LearningLovedWatchingOverFilm

If we had a hydrogen economy worldwide, every nation on earth could create its own energy source to support its economy, and the threat of war over diminishing resources would just evaporate.

Dennis Weaver

WarSupportEnergyEarthCreateOwn

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.

Clara Zetkin

WomanManSocietyClassHandHer

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background.

Annie Lennox

JobWorryWeekKnowStrikeUnions

Most of the Catholics Christians I've met would for all practical purposes believe Jesus is God only, and we are human only. We missed the big point. The point is the integration, both in Jesus and ourselves.

Richard Rohr

GodBelieveMissedHumanPointBig

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

Marilyn Horne

StyleLanguageAnythingPrettySing

Aaron and I will be joined at the hip until the day we die. We have loved and hated each other since the day he was born. He's very much a part of my heart. He's going to broadcasting college now, and he'll do fine. But he came into a world that did not welcome him.

Lynn Johnston

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