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.Billy Collins
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
Vanessa Hudgens -
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.
Kate Moss -
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
Laura Mvula -
It's healthy to have interests besides books.
Patrick deWitt -
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.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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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.
Florence Henderson -
The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
Iris Apfel -
It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead -
By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
Immanuel Kant -
I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
Patrice Leconte
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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.
Cam -
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.
Barry Silbert -
I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.
Maeve Binchy -
Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
I. M. Pei -
How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
Carlo Collodi
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Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.
Damian Lewis -
To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
Fernando Pessoa -
All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
Felice Picano -
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.
Mortimer Adler -
I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
K. D. Lang -
When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading.
Billy Collins