There was this girl who went to my school, and she did a Nikki Giovanni poem, 'Ego Tripping,' and it was just different from everyone else's. It wasn't flat recitation. It had an energy and a life to it. And it made me sit up in my seat, and my eyes got wide, and I really felt inside myself, 'She's making me feel things. I want to do that.'
Samira Wiley
Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
Natalie Merchant
The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
Lascelles Abercrombie
I trained in Texas at Nikki Pederson Talent Academy.
Tiffany Thornton
Nikki Haley is a proven leader. And that is what she should be judged on.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
He's sitting in the catbird seat.
Red Barber
I hope to die in the saddle seat.
Albert Ellis
Superman don't need no seat belt.
Muhammad Ali
I operate by the seat of my pants.
Jim Finks
Be you. Everyone else is already taken.
Iskra Lawrence
I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
Jack Nicklaus
The Emmys are flat-out fun.
Melissa Rivers
I hate flying, flat out hate its guts.
William Shatner
I cried when I saw how flat Toledo was.
Eva Marie Saint
Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.
Eddy Arnold
Every old poem is sacred.
Horace
Every single soul is a poem.
Michael Franti
A really good poem is full of music.
Eric Whitacre
Eat a wide variety of species.
Michael Pollan
I played a wide variety of roles.
Martin Landau
I've played a lot of wide-eyed kids.
Tom Holland
I grew up with a wide range of music.
Rutina Wesley
I was dead inside.
Lorraine Bracco
Inside, I'm optimistic.
James Arthur
Happiness is an inside job.
Edd Byrnes
I cannot sit still.
Angelina Jolie
I'm off to sit on a cliff.
Nik Kershaw
I refuse to sit on my laurels.
Patricia Cornwell
I was never meant to sit at home.
Nita Ambani
Sex is energy.
Beatrice Wood
I'm high energy.
Karl Urban
Energy begets energy.
Dolly Parton
Love is energy of life.
Robert Browning
I'm a shoe girl.
Melanie Fiona
I'm a busy girl.
Shenae Grimes
I'm a lucky girl.
Christina Aguilera
I'm a Texas girl.
Hayley Orrantia
Making a film is a challenge.
Bennett Miller
Movie-making ain't for sissies.
Michael Cimino
Urgency creates decision making.
Kevin Brady
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
Irving Layton
I'm like everybody else.
Britney Spears
I'm like everybody else.
Shania Twain
I bleed like nobody else.
Ric Flair
Before all else, be armed.
Niccolo Machiavelli
I love myself.
Amber Riley
I inspire myself.
Tommy Wiseau
I invented myself.
Jerry Della Femina
I have to be myself.
Daniel Craig
I went to Carnegie Mellon.
Patina Miller
I went through a lazy period.
Michael Keaton
I went to Syracuse University.
Jessie Mueller
I went to college for four years.
Kim Kardashian
I made a ton of money.
John Catsimatidis
Texas is made for trade.
Kevin Brady
I made a lot of mistakes.
Rita Moreno
Friends are born, not made.
Henry Adams
Everyone can change.
Hillary Clinton
Everyone has a past.
Darrell Issa
Everyone loves twins.
Cole Sprouse
I'm not for everyone.
Tig Notaro
I'm old school.
James Harden
I loved school.
Liam Neeson
I hated school.
Kate Mara
I sucked in school.
Miranda Lambert
Every lap is different.
Lewis Hamilton
It's a different world.
John Ashcroft
I like being different.
Brantley Gilbert
Every song is different.
Dimebag Darrell
I want to live.
Elizabeth Edwards
Want is misery.
Ellen Pompeo
I do what I want.
Li Na
I want to be calm.
Courteney Cox
I love life.
Sukarno
Life's messy.
Heather Bresch
I resist life.
Jeff Bridges
Chess is life.
Bobby Fischer