Natasha Trethewey Quotes

I think that as a poet, I am always concerned about history and baring witness to history. But so often, it's through the research that I do, the reading.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryI AmResearchReadingThink

I was living in Florida working as a model and got my first acting job there in the movie 'Wild Things.' I thought it was sort of cool and decided to do some training.

Jennifer Bini Taylor

JobTrainingCoolThoughtActing

Every show is a mess at its first preview. No one's had enough time to rehearse in costumes, traffic patterns backstage haven't been worked out, machinery weighing thousands of pounds is being operated for the first time. And, also, it's the first time all the material you've written is before the public.

Maury Yeston

TimeEnoughYouTrafficFirst Time

You have heard me say many times that I want strong leaders who feel free to express their opinions.

Jeffrey Lurie

MeFreeStrongFeelOpinionsYou

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

FaithGreatSoulsIndividualsBase

There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul.

Ameen Rihani

FailureSoulDisappointmentSelfWho

Not every Apple product makes a big enough difference to me to get instantly, although many do.

Steve Wozniak

MeEnoughAppleProductDifference

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

Toni Servillo

ArtSingleGestureMustDaringEach

When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'

Mitch Daniels

BusinessMoneyMeProudEnoughHelp

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

Diane Sawyer

CommitmentConversationContractOur

The secret of the wise man is to learn from the errors of others.

Alisson

ManWiseWise ManLearnOthers

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

William Howard Taft

TimeBestPoliticsI AmMeTrying

A person can destroy me with two words. It can just be the way they say them, the inflection.

Peter Sellers

WordsMePersonSayWayThey Say

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