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“I try to avoid calling myself a poet because I think that's something someone else has to call you. It's like bragging.”

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Dorianne Laux

Dorianne Laux is an American poet known for her concise and profound poetry. Born on January 10, 1952, she has published several poetry collections since 1985. Her work often explores personal emotions, family relationships, and social issues. more

“The Supreme Court had the choice not only which way to rule, pro- or anti-gay marriage rights, but also how they were going to rule. They could have ruled just federalism, saying, "This isn't a matter for federal; this isn't a federal issue at all. States should decide it." Or they could decide it on equal protection grounds and say that, "Gay discrimination is wrong."”

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Author:Barack Obama

“If the Court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality then we can't stop equal marriage rights.”

Ifs States Interest Moral Rights Equal Court Homosexuality Disapproval

Author:Barack Obama

“The best way to marginalize the Muslim Brotherhood [in Egypt] is in the ballot box, not through arrests and killing people.”

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Author:Kelly Ayotte

“When I say I'm instinctive [in writing], I do feel like I need to hide what I'm doing from myself. My mind just needs to be able to operate untrammeled.”

Needs Feels Writing Mind Able

Author:Brian Evenson

“I read individual stories a lot in magazines and other places, too, but I really think there's something to be said for reading story collections as collections. That's not true of all story collections, to be honest, but for good ones I think it often is true.”

Thinking Said Stories Reading Individual Honest Magazines Being Honest Collections Often Is Reading Stories

Author:Brian Evenson

“I don't always know what's going to go on in terms of the mood of the story. Sometimes I start with the mood, but sometimes I just try to work toward discovering it. But I do think often there's a mood or unsettling quality, in which the reality of the world seems to be taken away, that I really love, and it's something that I almost always unconsciously move toward.”

Thinking Knows World Trying Sometimes Stories Reality Seems Moving Term Quality Taken Goes On Mood Discovering

Author:Brian Evenson

“If you want to be a writer in the world you really have to sit down and say, 'Why do I want to do this and why was I drawn to it to begin with?' And keep reminding yourself to return to that original impulse.”

Ifs World Want Return Originals Down And Impulse Reminding Reminding Yourself

Author:Dorianne Laux

“He [Martin Luther King Jr.] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you have a choice about is what you die for.”

Used Dies Choices Born Dying Kings Luther

Author:Andrew Young

“I think feminism to me is the idea that women are equally important and their stories are equally important and just as entertaining.”

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Author:Megan Griffiths

“The reason I started writing was because I was a little kid in San Diego who was getting beaten up by her dad and sexually abused and because I felt different than everybody else and I had this big huge secret that was tearing me apart.”

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Author:Dorianne Laux

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