To hone my voice, I read everything, from books to cereal boxes, three times: once for fun, the second time to learn something new about the writing craft, and the third time was to improve that piece.
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More Amanda Gorman Quotes
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I am my own best mirror.
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I try to approach reading in front of millions of people as I would reading in somebody’s living room.
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I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.
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The fight isn’t over – it’s just begun. It’s time to suit up for a battle that might determine the war.
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But as for the future, I foresee a world which is more creative, more open, more loving, more ecologically friendly, more honest about its history and progress, and I think a lot of those contributions will be made by young people.
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Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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Whenever I listen to songs, I rewrite them in my head.
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You don’t have to be a poet, you don’t have to be a politician or be in the White House to make an impact with your words. We all have this capacity to find solutions for the future.
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When they tell you to go back to where you come from, tell them proudly that this is where you come from.
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Writing wasn’t just a form of expression. It was a form of pathology by embarking on spoken word over and over and over again and reciting my poems.
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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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I was writing since I can remember – I just didn’t know it was poetry yet, or that writing could be a career.
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Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that’s Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, Tracy K. Smith, Phillis Wheatley.
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I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.
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