Seamus Heaney Quotes

Harvard created wonderful conditions for me as a writerbut the writing was done, almost entirely, when I got home.

Seamus Heaney

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My mom teaches sixth grade and also taught first grade at one point. She's into dressing up and costumes and designing her own curriculum that way. She stayed home for about eight years with me and my sister when we were young before going back to teaching, so we had a lot of time with her. She taught us to read really early.

Haley Joel Osment
- Up
- Time
- Home
I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.

Carl Honore
- World
- Writing
- Journalism
And after I compose my programs, but it is very easy because I look to the music in a very natural way without fuss, and so I look always music, in my home, like books and books and books, choose books and you read the pages, so I do this with music, and I make programs.

Victoria de los Angeles
- Music
- Home
- Easy
If the many allegations made to this date are true, then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate were, in effect, breaking into the home of every citizen.

Sam Ervin
- Home
- True
- Watergate
Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants' rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment.

Ban Ki-moon
- Done
- Justice
- Security
When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.

Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
- People
- Up
- Home