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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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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'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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When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere.
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What I felt at that time - we're talking about '61 - was that I couldn't remember seeing a film that reflected the age we were living in.
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People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn't have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can't be true.
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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.
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Never let the mud puddle get lost in the poetry
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We all learned valuable lessons from that crop. The Lord showed us the importance of walking by faith, and not by sight, of trusting him unconditionally and never giving up.
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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.
