"I was born with a fierce need for independence."

-- Michelle Williams

#Independence Quotes #Needs Quotes #Fierce Quotes

“I don't see the point in being a star - it takes a lot of energy to carry yourself off as being more perfect than somebody else. I'd rather just be available with all my weaknesses.”
“Images, the visual power of present-day capitalism, like the ritual constructions of ancient Egypt, are refined ways of inhibiting and crushing man.”
“If you can stare hard at your problems, they almost always shrink or disappear, because you almost always find a better way of dealing with them than if you don't face them head on. The more difficult the problem, the more important it is that you stare at it and deal with it.”
“I think Mount Everest is gorgeous, too, but that doesnâ€™t mean I have any intention of trying to climb it”
“How do you paint yellow wheat against a yellow sky? You paint it jet black.”
“The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.”

Source : "When Unions are Strong, Americans Enjoy the Fruits of Their Labor" by David Morris, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2011.
“I do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem”

Source : James Schuyler (2004). “Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991”
“Teaching has given me a community that cares about poetry, and I'm grateful for that.”

Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.

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