X. J. Kennedy Quotes

To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.

X. J. Kennedy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 21, 1929

Topics

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I loathe people who are disingenuous or inauthentic.

Robert Rinder

PeopleWhoDisingenuousLoathe

I'm just a happy guy.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

HappyGuyJust

We won't be able to stop disasters from happening. On the contrary, climate change may increase the frequency and severity of floods, droughts and storms. But we are better equipped today to prepare for them and reduce their impact.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

ChangeTodayImpactBetterStopMay

I've always sort of time-locked and mind-blocked myself in my 30s, and that's always the age I feel.

Steven Spielberg

AgeMyselfFeelAlwaysI FeelSort

If anyone has listened to my stuff over the years, they know I tend not to do the same thing twice.

Mike Posner

KnowSameOverYearsTwiceStuff

With Halcyon's technology, the pool of genetic information will grow by orders of magnitude in the course of months, offering the first real chance at cures for cancer and other previously intractable diseases.

Luke Nosek

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My father was a very fun dad. He was always coaching our soccer sports teams; he made sure that we had activities to do. He was kind of goofy and fun. But at the same time, he had a lot of lessons to teach us so that we didn't grow up and just not be good people.

Milo Ventimiglia

GoodFatherSportsTimeFunPeople

I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things.

Lizz Wright

LiveGreatOceanRocksSoundActive

I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

WorldAmericaYouTraveledBorn

Great dangers give birth to great resolutions.

Auguste Escoffier

GreatResolutionsBirthGiveDangers

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I was the only black girl in my grade. And I was just, like, really dorky. Like, I wasn't cool.

Phoebe Robinson

GirlCoolBlackClevelandOhioJust

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news.

Sean Bean

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