#out

If people are constantly reading about you, and you're overexposed, they've got no reason to go see your movies. Also, it's not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded. ↗

— John Cusack

#also #constantly #go #got #invaded

Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#better #better place #community #each #everybody

There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti. ↗

— Jean Claude Duvalier

#been #day #haiti #i #left

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#crops #depreciate #favor #freedom #ground

Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture. ↗

— Rita Dove

#already #ever #gesture #good #heard

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them. ↗

— Rita Dove

#children #gets #i #i think #insight

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age. ↗

— Rita Dove

#age #apprehensive #every #every time #feared

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#again #concerned #house #i #live

I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that. ↗