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.Paul Muldoon
Quotes to Explore
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People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.
Karl Pilkington -
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.
Gary Numan -
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.
Victoria Moran -
We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.
Harold S. Geneen -
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.
Dambisa Moyo -
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.
Ursula Andress
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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.
Haley Joel Osment -
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
Aaron Allston -
It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
Adam Clarke -
'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
Zooey Deschanel -
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.
Hamdi Ulukaya -
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.
Barack Obama
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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.
V. S. Pritchett -
When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere.
Laz Alonso -
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.
Ken Adam -
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.
Bernice King -
Only by being obsessed with little things do amazing things emerge.
Andy Dunn -
You learn a lot about people when you're sitting on their bathroom floor or on their toilet seat, rifling through their stuff.
Emily Weiss
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
Bear Grylls -
Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.
J. Courtney Sullivan -
Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice.
Philip Levine -
Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. -
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.
Paul Muldoon