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2026
“I like variety in poetry. I love how it comes in so many guises. As rock lyric, as rap, as note on a fridge.” — Paul Muldoonoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2026
“Some of the time, when you’re walking out there where the air is thin, you just hope you can walk back again.” — Gena Rowlandsoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2026
“There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it.” — James Weldon Johnsonoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
16 Jun 2026
“You should approach Joyce’s Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.” — William Faulkneroriginal ↗
16 Jun 2026
16 Jun 2026
“That incident ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens!” — Harry Nilssonoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
“I’m not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.” — Waylon Jenningsoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
“I’d love to play someone who is extremely charming, but first I’ll have to learn how to be charming.”” — Kate Lyn Sheiloriginal ↗
13 Jun 2026
12 Jun 2026
“People always think of me as Maria and I think of me as Maria all the time.” –Sonia Manzanooriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
12 Jun 2026
12 Jun 2026
“What good is a character who’s always winking at the audience to let them in on the secret?” –Gene Wilderoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
“I couldn’t do no yodelin’, so I turned to howlin’ and it’s done me just fine.”– Howlin’ Wolforiginal ↗
10 Jun 2026
10 Jun 2026
“Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what’s already there.” — Princeoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2026
“I want them to think ‘He was a nice guy. He did pretty good and we loved him’.” — Dean Martinoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2026
“When people ask me if I am a feminist film maker, I reply I am a woman and I also make films.” — Chantal Akermanoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2026
“Literature is the written expression of revolt against expected things.” Happy Birthday to the least happy man ever, Thomas Hardyoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2026
“[My ambition is to] give something to our literature which will be our own.” — Walt Whitmanoriginal ↗
31 May 2026
30 May 2026
“If I am going to be a poet at all, I am going to be POET and not NEGRO POET.” — poet Countee Cullenoriginal ↗
30 May 2026
30 May 2026
30 May 2026
“Only the bad directors tell you how to read a line, how to define your character. The good ones let you do your job.” — Carroll Bakeroriginal ↗
28 May 2026
“I never heard the term ‘rockabilly’ back then. Nobody did…When people asked what music we played, we were rock ’n’ rollers.” — Sonny Burgessoriginal ↗
28 May 2026
“I am in a prison: one wall is the avant-garde, the other wall is the past, and I want to escape.” — György Ligetioriginal ↗
28 May 2026
“I don’t call myself a poet, because I don’t like the word. I’m a trapeze artist.” – Bob Dylanoriginal ↗
24 May 2026
23 May 2026
“Boredom is very important in life. It helps you feel when something is wrong.” — John Strasbergoriginal ↗
20 May 2026
“I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don‘t apply to those who live on the fringe.” — Tamara de Lempickaoriginal ↗
16 May 2026
14 May 2026
“I’m very concerned that we don’t make movies that are original anymore.” — Robert Zemeckisoriginal ↗
14 May 2026
“Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.” — Stevie Wonderoriginal ↗
13 May 2026
13 May 2026
12 May 2026
“I don’t care how afraid I may be inside — I do what I think I should.” — Katharine Hepburnoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
“I think a fear of portraying something negatively ends up creating more stereotypes.” — Sophia Takaloriginal ↗
12 May 2026
12 May 2026
“I know that for myself, what is deeper than I understand is often the most pertinent to me and the most lasting.” — Lorine Niedeckeroriginal ↗
12 May 2026
11 May 2026
“Maybe it’s a generational thing but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I wanted to be the best.” — Judith Jamisonoriginal ↗
10 May 2026
“As long as politics is this confused and evil, turning away from it would be cowardly.” — 20th century hero Sophie Scholloriginal ↗
9 May 2026
“He sold his soul to the devil to get to play like that.” – Mississippi bluesman Son House on Robert Johnsonoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
“You can’t study comedy; it’s within you. It’s a personality. My humor is an attitude.” — Don Ricklesoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
“A lot of people try to equate me with guys like Frankie Avalon and Fabian, but in the old days I sold a lot of records over a period of time, and you can’t sustain that by being just another pretty face.” — Ricky Nelsonoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
“Is there any virtue, for literature, for poetry, in the simple continuity of a tradition? I believe there is not.” — Thomas Kinsellaoriginal ↗
4 May 2026
3 May 2026
“I was never totally involved in movies. I was making someone else’s dream come true. Not mine.” — Mary Astororiginal ↗
3 May 2026
“I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use.” — James Brownoriginal ↗
3 May 2026
“It’s the sexiest toughest chord change in all of rock ‘n roll.” – Steven Van Zandt on “Rumble.” Happy Birthday, Link Wrayoriginal ↗
2 May 2026
“I still get a chill when I sing, ‘You Don’t Own Me.’ I find some new feeling in it every time.” –Lesley Goreoriginal ↗
2 May 2026
“A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You’ve defined my entire life for me on the screen.” –Jill Clayburghoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” — Tom Lehreroriginal ↗
29 Apr 2026
29 Apr 2026
26 Apr 2026
24 Apr 2026
24 Apr 2026
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim, / Hath put a spirit of youth in everything …original ↗
23 Apr 2026