Seamus Heaney Quotes
The whole relationship between a writer's spiritual/emotional condition and the kind of wordstuff and form-making that's going on in his work is an interesting one. When I was an undergraduate, there was a glib notion around that there was no reason to suppose a bad man could be a good writer.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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Nature is under control but not disturbed.
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My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
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I do not support a North American Union. I disagree fundamentally with that, and I think the United States should be governing itself and not being governed by multilateral unions, the United Nations.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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X Out is perfect for my schedule. It is so simple, fast and actually works. I am more confident in my own skin and always camera ready - a necessity in my line of work.
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Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. It's like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but it's almost like a cool thing. They all just sit around and play music and squat.
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Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!
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My father and my mother and my sister and I have always voted Republican, always.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
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Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.
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I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there.
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So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.
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The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are human beings, that they're flawed, and they represent the best and the worst of us.
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I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.
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I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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We don't like it when the president doesn't even say 'Islamic terror.' It's very disturbing.
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Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same. And I still remember how you kept me so afraid.
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The whole relationship between a writer's spiritual/emotional condition and the kind of wordstuff and form-making that's going on in his work is an interesting one. When I was an undergraduate, there was a glib notion around that there was no reason to suppose a bad man could be a good writer.
