"I was a working-class kid from Boston. But I never lost my accent because I felt like that was what I was doing. I didn't have to perform Woody Guthrie like Bob Dylan did in the '60s, I just had to make myself be Eileen Myles and let that be my shield."

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Eileen Myles

#Kids Quotes #Boston Quotes #Class Quotes

“Christ demands first place. There's no room on the throne of your heart for two gods.”
“Never make the first move." - Loor (The Rivers of Zadaa)”
“There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.”
“It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself a war.”
“I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.”
“Only what I'm not giving is what is lacking in any situation”
“In my view, the only recourse for a scientist concerned about the social consequences of his work is to remain involved with it to the end.”
“My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.”

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