Taylor Mali Quotes

If you've ever been to a poetry slam, you know that the highest scoring emotion is self-righteous indignation: how dare you judge me. So in that way, the poem, 'What Teachers Make,' is an absolutely formulaic slam poem designed to allow me to get up on my soap box and say, 'Let me tell you what really makes me angry.'

Taylor Mali

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 28, 1965

Topics

AngryPoetryMeJudgeYouKnow

Everybody has haters.

Jillian Michaels

HatersEverybody

Nobody from the administration has officially rejected my column.

Robert Novak

NobodyAdministrationColumnRejected

If you want to become physically stronger, you'll need healthy habits - like going to the gym. You'll also have to give up unhealthy habits - like eating junk food. Building mental strength requires healthy habits - like practicing gratitude - while also giving up unhealthy behavior, like giving up after the first failure.

Amy Morin

StrengthFailureGratitudeFoodYou

I'm sorry to say, but 85% of so-called 'green' firms make some of the ugliest buildings that were ever made. So for God's sake, I don't want to be categorized with them.

Steven Holl

GodGreenSorryBuildingsSayWant

I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. Climbing trees. Tagging after brothers. Happy. Barefoot on my pony. It was 'To Kill a Mockingbird'-esque.

Sissy Spacek

LifeHappyTreesLivedClimbing

We never set out to be superstars.

Mike D

NeverOutSetSuperstars

On military battlefields, we have defeated radical Islamic forces every time we have seriously gone after them, from Iraq to Afghanistan.

Michael T. Flynn

TimeSeriouslyDefeatedMilitary

In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.

Juan Pablo Montoya

CrazyFollowPopulationFormula One

Well, the senators I've enjoyed working with the most would be Ted Kennedy and Kent Conrad, because they were both either chairman or ranking member of the committee I was chairman or ranking member of. And in both instances they were just great people to work with.

Judd Gregg

WorkGreatPeopleGreat PeopleWell

I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn't really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.

Johnny Depp

LifeFamilyAngryChildAppreciate

We all share some commonalities with the states we come from and where we come from on the political spectrum. There's a lot of work to be done to make sure we continue to have strong advocacy for these values that we find in the heartland, in red and rural states.

Conner Eldridge

WorkRedStrongPoliticalValues

When something is truly funny, it's funny all the time.

Cloris Leachman

FunnyTimeSomethingTruly

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