Billy Collins Quotes
When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading.
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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I own a Hangman jumper, which looks like a scarf, but that's what it's called. It cost a fortune, but it was worth it.
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I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.
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I may have more than one friend with benefits. It's very healthy for the heart. I think no matter how old you are - and I am pretty up there in terms of numbers - I think you should do whatever makes you happy.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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My grandpa would come in with water and flick it on our faces at 6 A.M. and be like, 'If you don't get up to feed the horses, you don't get to ride them.' We'd get up.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.
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Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
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As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.
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More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.
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There's a loyalty attached to football, and it is more communal than theatre. If you go to the football, it is part of the structure of your life. For lots of people, theatre is a treat.
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My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.
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The challenge starts when you first come to Mumbai. But it's momentary if you win an award.
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When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading.
