Natasha Trethewey Quotes

It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodMemoryPeopleBelieveBetter

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.

Andrew Jackson

ControlEndHandsYouFindBecome

Everything you need to get that relaxed driving that brings consistency only comes with practice.

John Surtees

PracticeConsistencyDrivingYouGet

Music used to be a more personal thing, and it defined who you were. Now it's like wallpaper.

Stephen Morris

MusicYouNowPersonalMoreUsed

Henry Miller is a famous writer whose work has fallen out of fashion, but I strongly recommend that readers who don't know his work pick up a book and experience this writer's zealous, crazy, inventive, funny, sexy, often delirious prose.

Siri Hustvedt

WorkFunnyExperienceCrazyFashion

I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.

Simone Biles

ThinkWorryThingsVirusThanSome

Cats aren't cooperative in the same way that other animals are. You can train a dog to act, but you can't train a cat in the same way.

Michael Showalter

DogCatsYouTrainAnimalsWay

Italy is famous for fashion, food, Ferrari, and furniture - furniture was a segment where the companies in the high end are all small.

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

FoodFashionSmallEndFamousHigh

A fragrance that matches the personality of the man or woman who wears it is an integral part of the memory that you have of him or her. It goes without saying that it's a formidable weapon of seduction.

Dree Hemingway

PersonalityWomanManMemorySaying

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled.

Dean Koontz

LovePainWritingSometimesPleasure

I think any time someone's dreams are crushed, there's the people who can fight to still try and fulfill those dreams and then there's the people who just give up.

Constance Zimmer

DreamsTimeFightPeopleThinkTry

If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything.

Brene Brown

ThinkYouTestAuthenticityLine

I've put a lot of thought into being a leader.

Peyton Manning

LeaderThoughtBeingBeing A Leader

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