Floyd Skloot Quotes

Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.

Floyd Skloot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 6, 1947

Topics

KingMindTraditionLongWillAware

The '90s were extremely diverse, almost like a laboratory of the new century. There was much experimenting around, in politics, economics, gender and family structures, and also in fashion. There was a cloud of possibilities which kept us all dizzy.

Jil Sander

FamilyPoliticsEconomicsFashionUs

We have an amazing job. We get to travel around the world and experience different cultures and just learn so many things.

John Gourley

ExperienceJobTravelAmazingWorld

I think what shaped me was I had two parents who were scientists, and especially, they were great readers. They had both grown up in sort of rural parts of the South and were oddballs where they grew up. They were budding intellectuals.

Andrew Sean Greer

GreatParentsMeThinkTwoUp

I can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But that doesn't mean the type of person I am is different. My values, my dislikes, my sense of humor are the same.

Matt Lauer

HumorI AmDinnerFriendsValues

Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it.

Jeff Hawkins

CreativityNoticePredictionAnalogy

What's cool is that Oprah is the same person on stage and in front of a camera as she is off stage and behind the scenes. She speaks the same way on camera as she does off camera.

Amy Purdy

CoolCameraPersonWaySheStage

I don't do anything specific for the stage. I'm just myself. I can't stand still for five seconds. I'm normally quite active, so that just comes out on stage. If I see people react to me and my music, I just have to give back and express myself.

Shreya Ghoshal

MusicMyselfPeopleMeStandBack

We now see hacking taking place by foreign governments and by private individuals all around the world.

Mike Pompeo

WorldPlaceNowSeeHackingAround

Well, I'm a former FBI agent.

Mike Rogers

FBIWellAgentFormer

I have that memory of dancing on my father's feet to all the music my parents used to listen to.

Deborah Kass

FatherMusicMemoryParentsFeet

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Pierre Beaumarchais

UnderstandOrderThingsNecessary

Having to top yourself is a good problem to have.

Phil Lord

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