Seamus Heaney Quotes
I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.
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When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.
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'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.
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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience.
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Sometimes, when you go to airport and look at the people, you see the worst looks - but the worst looks can give you more ideas than the best looks.
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When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.
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As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche.
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My style is quite clean, vintage, and almost French in a way.
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I'm very proud of the fact that I'm one of Britain's biggest selling poets. That gives me a huge amount of pleasure.
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There's always a negotiation that goes on to persuade people we are coming to the subject with an open mind but without surrendering too many pawns. We don't want to misrepresent the fact that we will draw our own conclusions.
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll think about that for a couple of days until it's all locked in and then when I get to an instrument it'll just fall out. But the song's kind of all ready there in my head.
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A liberal will cut off your leg so he can hand you a crutch.
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I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.
