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Natasha Trethewey Quotes

Before I was ever a poet, my father was writing poems about me, so it was a turning of the tables when I became a poet and started answering, speaking back to his poems in ways that I had not before.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Father Me Writing Back Poet Started

There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.

Jim Hightower

Yellow Road Nothing Dead Middle

I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes.

Joanna Newsom

Key Play Changes Songs Smaller Harp

Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.

Jet Li

Friend Acting Said Forget Normal He

When I was 12 years old, my father was killed. I lost a loved one to violence. The pain was because I lost my father. It didn't matter that he was an officer... It shaped my life. If anything, it made me a strong advocate for the victims of violence.

Robert P. McCulloch

Life Father Pain Me Strong Loved

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

Tommy Lasorda

Determination Man Impossible Possible

I was in business for 30 years, and my experience is that the best way to operate is to work fairly and closely with partners over a long period of time.

Tom Steyer

Work Business Time Best Experience

As a community, we're fighting for Asians to play Asian roles. And then there's the other battle, which is Asian Americans playing roles that aren't written for Asians, and I think that's something that completely should happen; Why can't an Asian American male just play a leading cop figure... or the Matt Damon roles?

Ross Butler

Community Think Battle Fighting Play

Internet safety begins at home and that is why my legislation would require the Federal Trade Commission to design and publish a unique website to serve as a clearinghouse and resource for parents, teachers and children for information on the dangers of surfing the Internet.

Mike Fitzpatrick

Home Children Parents Safety Design

I never wanted to be a part of the industry, as I had no knowledge about it. I am one of those rare and really lucky people for whom the calling identified me and not the other way around.

Dhanush

Knowledge I Am People Me Way Lucky

George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism.

Christopher Hitchens

Mistake Evil Black-And-White Moral

'Side A' was a project that I wanted to do, stuff that I produced completely, and it was just stuff that I was dealing with.

Christina Grimmie

Project Side Just Stuff Dealing

The toughest challenge I faced came right at the beginning of my career with 'Blood Knot,' which was trying to convince South African audiences that South African stories also had a place on the stage.

Athol Fugard

Challenge Beginning Trying Career