Natasha Trethewey Quotes

Writing 'Native Guard,' I didn't know I was working on a single book. I began writing that book because I was interested in the lesser-known history of these black soldiers stationed off the coast of my hometown.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryWritingBookBlackHometown

When you think New York, you think Yankees.

Jerry Buss

New YorkThinkYouNewYankeesYork

I always acted in high school. Actually, I started in preschool. I was in a play about Jesus. I went to a Catholic school and played an angel and recited some poem about Jesus. It felt so long to me at the time.

Maura Tierney

TimeSchoolMeAngelHigh School

That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.

Solomon Burke

BeautifulGreatTimeManWiseSay

Fans be reflecting the way I be making music.

Travis Scott

MusicWayFansReflectingMaking

For me, all I want to do is win. Whether I make a hundred tackles or one tackle, all I want to do is win and for the defense to perform well.

Rolando McClain

MeWinWantDefenseWellTackle

I love to sit down and have a conversation with like-minded people.

Russ

LovePeopleConversationDownSit

In a lot of cases, as in Tom and Nicole's case, the tabloids were about to break the story, so they said just let the news out. And they called organizations such as ours.

Mary Hart

StoryNewsSaidOutBreakJust

When you learn to read and write, it opens up opportunities for you to learn so many other things. When you learn to read, you can then read to learn. And it's the same thing with coding. If you learn to code, you can code to learn. Now some of the things you can learn are sort of obvious. You learn more about how computers work.

Mitchel Resnick

WorkComputersOpportunitiesLearn

When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning.

Do Won Chang

CleaningFirstOutUnitedGasMany

I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

Dick Bruna

FamilyBusinessPeopleArtistBecome

'Stand your ground' laws based on the ALEC model have had harmful consequences and need to be reconsidered.

Dick Durbin

StandConsequencesNeedGroundLaws

A lot of people have put their lives online and are using MySpace to manage their social lives.

Chris DeWolfe

PeopleSocialOnlineManageMyspace

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