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Natasha Trethewey Quotes

When you begin to think about the past, you realize how much of it is lost to us.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: April 26, 1966

Topics

Past Think You Lost Realize Begin

Theories of history used to be supernatural: the divine ruled time; the hand of God, a special providence, lay behind the fall of each sparrow. If the present differed from the past, it was usually worse: supernatural theories of history tend to involve decline, a fall from grace, the loss of God's favor, corruption.

God History Time Past Grace Present

I see teenagers or people who are 21 and think, 'I was an idiot at that age.' I was running around New York like a crazy woman. Thank God I only had three and a half cents to my name. I was too immature to handle success then.

Melissa McCarthy

Success God Age Woman New York Name

People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening.

I Am People Me Serious Sometimes

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Soul Religion Poetry World See

America wants solutions. America wants a leader. No more tabloid politics.

Leader Politics America More Wants

One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am.

Day I Am Me Texas One Day Just

As commentators like the American psychologist Gary Marcus have noted, it's extremely difficult to teach a computer to recognise cats. And that's not for want of trying.

Cats American Trying Want Difficult

I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people.

People Early Feeling Class Clown

By the time you're in your 30s, unless somebody makes the god-awful decision to gift you with a cooking class or salsa lessons, it may have been a while since you learnt something new.

Time Decision Cooking Gift You New

The MTV Video Awards were never about the video, but about the song. Most of the time it was just to glorify people for the wrong reason.

Time People Song Wrong Never Awards

I used to goof off a lot.

Used Off Lot Goof

I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected.

Romantic Book Story Short Perfect

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