#heir

I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#american #consider #creative #creative writing #culture

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#clashes #culture #desires #ego #everyone

I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#build #camera #confidence #control #ego

If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#i #kind #off #people #priorities

Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops. ↗

— David Hackworth

#bay #beltway #care #fervor #game

Species can be recognized by their morphological characteristics and songs. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

#morphological #recognized #songs #species #their

I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#effective #execution #i #know #laws

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#like #nations #punished #their #transgressions

For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. ↗

— Norman Granz

#jazz #kind #ones #only #philharmonic

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it. ↗

— Norman Granz

#being #country #duke #ella #europe