Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Natasha Trethewey Quotes

Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Poetry Easy New Nothing Nothing New

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

Culture Acceptance Religion Pain

All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

Evil Punishment Mischief Itself

I'm unusual in that I've worked more as I've got older.

More Got Unusual Older Worked

I wish I had a filter; then, I'd suspect, who knows? I'd perhaps have more friends.

Friends Wish More I Wish Filter Who

Being tied down to a pre-med or engineering track would have slotted me into a very narrow group. Being a young filmmaker allowed me to explore many areas of life and many kinds of people.

Life People Me Engineering Down

I hope I'm saving lives. There are very few people in their careers that have the opportunity to do something to benefit mankind.

Stephanie Kwolek

Opportunity Hope People Something

Every characteristic of my character and my moves always came from my real life. My character is kind of close to my real personality.

Shinsuke Nakamura

Life Character Personality Kind Real

I was very lucky in that I had a happy home life and that I was interested in things my parents wanted to provide for me.

Life Home Happy Parents Me Lucky

We still have many neighborhoods that are racially identified. We still have many schools that even though the days of state-enforced segregation are gone, segregation because of geographical boundaries remains.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Segregation Boundaries Days Gone

As an immigrant, I chose to live in America because it is one of the freest and most vibrant nations in the world. And as an immigrant, I feel an obligation to speak up for immigration policies that will keep America the most economically robust, creative and freedom-loving nation in the world.

Live Creative World Speak America

I think I wrote 'The Trysting Place' in about three weeks. But it was inexperience that made me have to do that. I didn't feel good about the book all the time I was writing it. It felt a bit like wading through molasses.

Good Time Me Writing Feel Good Book

I want to reassure our NATO allies that if any of them get attacked, we'll be there to defend them.

Mitch McConnell

Want Defend Get Allies NATO Our

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Natasha Trethewey