Natasha Trethewey Quotes

I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfYourselfShineSelfFeelYou

I think obviously the 'Harold and Kumar' stuff is trying to lean head first into the raunch.

John Cho

ThinkTryingFirstHeadLeanStuff

Scales always lie. They don't make a scale that ever told the truth about value, about worth, about significance.

Ann Voskamp

TruthLieValueWorthAlwaysScale

In so much SF, either gender roles are the ones we're used to in the here and now, only transported to the future, or else they're supposedly different, but characters still are slotting into various stereotypes.

Ann Leckie

FutureGenderStereotypesNowHere

I'm the most successful bad player ever.

Andy Roddick

BadSuccessfulPlayerMostEver

I believe in the redemptive need to admit mistakes, express regret, and ask for forgiveness.

Ana Navarro

ForgivenessMistakesBelieveRegret

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.

Toni Morrison

WorkWomenChildrenWordsToughTwo

And as we work together, we will build a better America! As we work together, we will bring the middle class to thrive again! As we work together, we will make sure that everybody has the ladder of opportunity to climb!

Tom Perez

WorkOpportunityTogetherClimb

I've never been a guy who has said 'OK' about stuff. That's not me. That's not my personality. If I think something's wrong, I express that.

Draymond Green

PersonalityMeThinkWrongSaidGuy

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

Bong Joon-ho

GoalSurprisingMakeExpressViewer

I see the effects of sexual and gender liberation all around me, just like you do, but I don't have a sense of being in the majority.

Susie Bright

MeGenderYouSeeI SeeSense

Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it is interesting for North Americans to discuss ideas that come from Latin America or Africa and do not insert themselves into capitalist interests.

Paulo Freire

IdeasThinkInterestingAmericaJust

It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.

Sharon Salzberg

PracticeThinkEnvironmentPowerful

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