Kenneth KochPoetry I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it’s not. – Kenneth Koch Influenced Quotes Painting Quotes People Quotes Poetry Quotes Surrealist Quotes Thousands Quotes Write Quotes I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a wonderful little, fizzy sort of world. As for political poetry, as it’s usually defined, it seems there’s very little good political poetry.
Joe Morton Hollywood has successfully produced many films framed by anti-racist or pro-integrationist story lines. I’m going to guess that since ‘Gone With The Wind,’ Hollywood realized films about racism and segregation pull at the heartstrings of everyone and hopefully serve to purge a sense of guilt. – Joe Morton
Paul Stamets If you look on the fungal genome as being soldier candidates protecting the U.S. as our host defense, not only for the ecosystem but for our population… we should be saving our old-growth forests as a matter of national defense. – Paul Stamets
Kelly Macdonald A few years ago, if you had told me I’d be moving back to Glasgow I’d have said, ‘No way’. But it’s changed. It’s much more vibrant, bohemian. But I’m 35 and I’ve become a bit of a homebody, I don’t really go out much. Same in New York. My home could be anywhere but I love Glasgow. – Kelly Macdonald
Samuel Johnson A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. – Samuel Johnson
Sophia Loren You cannot say, because I am from Naples so I like the mixture of drama and comedy all together. – Sophia Loren
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