Rachel Swirsky Quotes

Sometimes I have problems where I get into a mode where even just looking at a page on a screen makes me panic. And getting past that is a really intense thing to do.

Rachel Swirsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 14, 1982

Topics

PastMeLookingProblemsSometimes

My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.

Jennifer Carpenter

KindnessPartnerSomeoneLaundry

Faced with ostracization at school and confinement at home, I turned to karaoke.

Jenny Zhang

HomeSchoolKaraokeConfinement

We don't want to be hot; we want to last - because eventually hot gets cooled down.

Trombone Shorty

DownWantHotBecauseLastGets

I was never particularly a part of the following of tango; I just liked it... most of all, I recognized that the urban content and the approach seemed very familiar and very connected to the songs that I was doing, the kind of songs that I wanted to write - the songs about the street.

Ruben Blades

DoingKindStreetConnectedNever

I've been using the same 'I Ching' since I was teenager when it was given to me by a fellow teenager; it seems too late to change now. I don't use it often, but when I do, it really does help. You can fool yourself, but not the 'I Ching.'

Miranda July

ChangeFoolYourselfMeHelpYou

I'm in love with the way that Ella Fitzgerald delivered a lyric. She would deliver a lyric with the kind of clarity that would make you wonder why it was written, and make you think about the writer. I think every writer hopes an Ella of any genre or anytime gets a hold of their work and works the song like that.

Lizz Wright

WorkLoveSongThinkYouClarity

Like any good RPG, 'Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning' is adept at digging its claws into that part of your brain that just loves accomplishing things.

Jason Schreier

GoodBrainThingsDiggingJustYour

Fighting public corruption is essential to preserving a working democracy that people have confidence in. I said that time and again on the campaign trail, and that's why it's such a high priority for me.

Josh Hawley

ConfidenceTimePeopleMeDemocracy

I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.

Johnny Depp

WeirdCaptainPretendJust

I was trying to protect my wife, I was trying to protect myself from shame, and I really regret it.

Anthony Weiner

MyselfWifeRegretTryingProtect

My skin gets so dry and chapped, and the second I get off the plane, I apply so much sunscreen.

Aurora

SkinDryGetSunscreenOffApply

Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.

Susan Powter

AlonePeopleStandYouBe Original

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