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Natasha Trethewey Quotes

People always want to be on the right side of history; it is a lot easier to say, 'What an atrocity that was' then it is to say, 'What an atrocity this is.'

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

History People Say Want Right Side

Whenever we're all getting ready for a playoff game, you know how serious those games are, and you try to motivate your guys. There's a lot of emotion that goes into those games, and when I play, it's all about winning, and it's all about doing whatever it takes to fire guys up and to get that emotion running.

Jimmy Graham

Fire Winning Game Doing You Play

I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I've done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.

John Cusack

People Me Think Thinking You Done

You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce and favorable agreements with our friends and neighbors across the globe.

Stephen F. Lynch

Democracy Friends You Neighbors Our

We face a dilemma because although everybody is better off than they've ever been at any time in our history, we've also got the biggest gap between the rich and the poor that we've ever had, and we've potentially got a planet which is going to go bust any day.

Stuart Rose

History Time Day Face Rich Better

I can't stand Tiger Woods. He is the most selfish man I've ever played golf with.

Stewart Rahr

Man Selfish Woods Stand Golf Tiger

The theatre at my school was awesome. It was a 1,400-seat auditorium, so, being in that auditorium at 17, and having, like, 1,400 people cheer for you was, like, one of the most amazing feelings that I've ever felt, energy-wise. It just felt right.

Rutina Wesley

School People Amazing Theatre You

I don't believe so much in good and evil.

Lotte Verbeek

Good Good And Evil Evil Believe Much

We had this neighbor who was an actor, and he was going to an audition one day, driving by our house, and he asked if I wanted to tag along. He was reading for the part of the father, and they were reading for the part of the son the same day, and he told me to sneak in there and make it look like I knew what I was doing.

Jason Bateman

Father Son Day Me Reading Driving

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

Dick Gephardt

Hope People Kitchen Back Table Call

But there is a difference between cozying up to power and being close to power.

Bono

Power Difference Up Being Between

Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.

Susan Lucci

Play Lucky Got Role Actress Who

When I was 16, I played Tallulah in 'Bugsy Malone' at the Queen's Theatre. Me and five others shared a flat together in Blackheath. It was brilliant being 16 and living in London with my mates.

Sheridan Smith

Together Queen Me Theatre Living