Billy Collins Quotes

To a poet, it's quite ruinous to have a poem distorted, out of shape, or squeezed, shall we say, into this tiny screen. But I'm not sure big digital companies are sensitive to the needs of poets.

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• Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.

  

  Laraine Day
  • Free
  • Me
  • Always

• At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.

  

  Maelle Gavet
  • Year
  • Market
  • Gender

• Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
  • Country
  • Power

• I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.

  

  OMI
  • Never
  • Roots
  • Hidden

• Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.

  

  Valentina Zelyaeva
  • Good
  • Water
  • Morning

• To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

  

  e. e. cummings
  • Creation
  • Step
  • Destroy

• The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Important
  • Women
  • Confidence

• Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

  

  Edmund Clarence Stedman
  • Art
  • True
  • Poetry

• You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • Character
  • Interesting
  • Lead

• One of the reasons I love to come to Paris is because the decorative arts are so refined that I am always walking through one proscenium into another frame.

  

  Ralph Gibson
  • Paris
  • Arts
  • Decorative

• I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • Sometimes
  • Person
  • Driven

• I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.

  

  Natasha Bedingfield
  • Know
  • Secret
  • Keep

• All children should have equal opportunities.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Children
  • Opportunities

• I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Life
  • School
  • Fighting

• This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • God
  • Man
  • Lost

• To do a romantic scene is the most unromantic thing to do on screen.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Romantic
  • Thing
  • Most

• I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it just makes me mad. I just sit there and I go, 'You know what, dude, no matter whether you're in a band just surviving or you're in a bus playing stadiums, one way or another, you're still among the rare breed of people that are actually getting paid to do it.'

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • People
  • Time
  • Band

• Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • River
  • Boat
  • Reaction

• I wanted to explore what all this new-found wealth means for the different generations of Chinese who have to live together in this place that is transforming at warp speed into the richest country on the planet.

  

  Kevin Kwan
  • Different
  • Live
  • Country

• I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • Nature
  • Like
  • Where

• Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

  

  James Allen
  • Work
  • Thoughts

• If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Life
  • Important
  • Feeling

• I kind of feel like I grew up at Disneyland.

  

  Blake Lively
  • Up

• To a poet, it's quite ruinous to have a poem distorted, out of shape, or squeezed, shall we say, into this tiny screen. But I'm not sure big digital companies are sensitive to the needs of poets.

  

  Billy Collins