Saint-John Perse Quotes

Poetry allies itself with beauty - a supreme union - but never uses it as its ultimate goal or sole nourishment.

Saint-John Perse

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: diplomat
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: May 31, 1887 - September 20, 1975

Topics

BeautyPoetryGoalNeverUnion

Be it 120 frames or 24 frames or film or theatre, you're trying to be a fully formed human being and trying to be honest.

Joe Alwyn

TheatreTryingYouHumanHuman Being

You can't blame someone for not knowing what his or her job should be if you don't ask for it right off the bat.

Jennifer Aniston

JobBlameSomeoneNot KnowingYou

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

Mel Torme

LoveGoodMePerformanceMoviesWho

More people died on 9/11, in one day, at the hand of Muslim terrorists than during the Inquisition.

Robert Jeffress

DayPeopleOne DayHandMoreMuslim

I'm not a great man to my children. I'm just 'Pop.' The more involved I am with my kids, it keeps my head flat on top.

Steven Spielberg

ChildrenGreatManI AmGreat Man

A rock star is expected to act like a mess, sound like a mess and look like a mess. People don't expect you to show up on time and be a professional. But when you're a pop star, you have to do all that, look perfect and be a role model.

Tove Lo

TimePeopleRock StarYouLookRock

My father was an athlete, a great athlete, fought in the Marines in World War I. He was all sports and activity. My mother was all academics. I still have the complete works of Shakespeare that she had.

Marv Levy

FatherMotherSportsGreatWarShe

I was born and I live in a small village, where the centre of life is the square, and the small bar/cafe.

Diego Della Valle

LifeLiveSmallBornVillageSquare

I think the first time 'white' was used was in the 1600s. Generally, we were described by where we came from... All of a sudden, this word 'white' came through, and now everyone is going for their own sense of power... to figure out who's on top.

Dennis Haysbert

PowerTimeThinkWhiteNowTop

To give you an idea about how old I'm getting, we had some family living in Texas for a while, and we went to the Texas museum at the University of Texas in Austin, and they had this whole Texas Instruments section, and my Speak & Spell was an exhibit in the museum.

Christopher Gorham

FamilySpeakTexasYouLivingOld

I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as exposed.

Alison Goldfrapp

PeopleSingingThinkTalkingYou

One person's religion is another person's cult.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

ReligionPersonCultAnother

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