Natasha Trethewey Quotes

I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me to consider the hybridity of language.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ScienceI AmMePlantsLanguage

I wanted to be Red Barber, Mel Allen or Howard Cosell. I loved their personalities and all of their sounds.

John C. McGinley

RedLovedBarberWantedSounds

No amount of time will weaken our allegiance to avenging those lost in the horrible attacks. America has a sharp memory, a firm resolve, and a commitment to her own.

John Doolittle

TimeCommitmentMemoryAmericaLost

Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.

Andrew Johnson

SlaveryBlackWhiteNorthSouth

I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.

Angela Bassett

WorkGoodOpportunityThinkingKnow

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

Michael J. Fox

LeaderCommunityMyselfLookPart

Trump is like an eater of worlds from an 'Avengers' movie, but there seem to be different rules for him. What are Twitter doing, for example? He's constantly breaking their rules, the sort of stuff other people get thrown off for.

John Tiffany

PeopleBe DifferentDoingRulesHim

To say what you feel is to dig your own grave.

Sinead O'Connor

FeelYouSayOwnDigYour

Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had left behind. I had an ear for music, I suppose, so that's what began my interest in music.

Tom Glazer

FamilyFatherMotherMusicMeTwo

Like so many Boomers, I saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' in 1962 when it was first released and when we were young teenagers. I'm not quite sure why - I really wish some psychologist would explain this - but that movie had a tremendous effect on many of us.

Mary Doria Russell

WishYoungWhyFirstExplainSaw

I started, obviously, doing theater, and I always thought that I would; in a way, I always thought that I'd be a theater actor. When I was starting out, I didn't really plan on making films, actually.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

ThoughtDoingPlanActorWayOut

I can act normally, and I can go out, but people around you don't act normally. If it was normal, I'd go out and have my dinner and nobody would be video-phoning me eating my dinner.

Cheryl Cole

PeopleMeDinnerEatingYouI Can

My family was dubbed the loud family, but that was mostly because of my mother.

Constance Marie

FamilyMotherBecauseLoudMostly

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