Paul Muldoon Quotes
That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were.
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People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.
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I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.
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The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.
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We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so scared and rebelled, so they threw me out of the studio.
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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.
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I would be a terrible person to be in a relationship with because I'm either sleeping or at the theater.
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Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
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It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
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I'm filming the next two installments of the 'Fifty Shades' movies back-to-back.
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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
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Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
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Being called 'conscious' is a great thing to be, but it's the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience about what conscious music can be.
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I was always told yogurt had to be sweet to appeal to Americans. But when people go to Turkey or Greece, within 15 minutes of their return, they start talking about how much they enjoyed the yogurt there.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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I found people were telling stories to themselves without knowing it. It seemed to me that people were living a sort of small sermon that they believed in, but at the same time it was a fairy tale. Selfish desires, along with one or two highly suspect elevated thoughts. They secretly regard themselves as works of art, valuable in themselves.
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Any guy who’s played team sports has practiced a skill I call 'team sport empathy': he’s practiced focusing on anticipating the other team’s moves. That means figuring out their way of looking at the situation.
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Our human face happens to be one of the most powerful channels that we all use to communicate social and emotional states: everything from enjoyment, surprise, empathy, and curiosity.
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I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
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Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.
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That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were.
