James Fenton Quotes
Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open to accusations of elitism, mandarinism. Open form was like common ground on which all might graze their cattle - it was not to be closed in by usurping landlords.James Fenton
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I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
Gary Speed -
I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
Ian Mckellen -
I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
Katey Sagal -
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
Washington Irving -
I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
Rachel Platten -
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
Edgar Allan Poe
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
Zach Johnson The Fray -
All of my main characters have been under 30.
Tamra Davis -
I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. -
The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.
L. Neil Smith -
Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
Salman Rushdie -
Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it's characters, that sort of modern gothic western feel. You're not likely to see the boat veering too far from that.
Garth Ennis
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
Wayne Huizenga -
Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it's incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That's one of its greatest frustrations - not having enough time to take the classes you want to take.
Carlton Cuse -
You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.
Sam Shepard -
Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
Gaston Bachelard -
A lot of times, I'll get roles where it's the dumb blonde or the cheerleader, and I just have no interest - and it can be a great movie, it really can - or the mean girl; those things don't intrigue me much.
Maika Monroe -
I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.
Zach LaVine
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Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.
Oscar Wilde -
My mother never put an emphasis on looks. She let us grow up on our own time line. She never forced any beauty regimen into my world.
Rachel McAdams -
As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.
John Noble -
Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.
Tariq Ramadan -
Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still persuade us to rejoice; With the farming of a verse Make a vineyard of the curse, Sing of human unsuccess In a rapture of distress; In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountains start, In the prison of his days Teach the free man how to praise.
W. H. Auden -
Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open to accusations of elitism, mandarinism. Open form was like common ground on which all might graze their cattle - it was not to be closed in by usurping landlords.
James Fenton