R. S. Thomas Quotes

I'm obviously not orthodox, I don't know how many real poets have ever been orthodox.

R. S. Thomas

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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.

Jacky Ickx
- Up
- Time
- Small
In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- People
- Help
- Safety
It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.

Beau Willimon
- People
- Power
- Game
I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.

Adam DeVine
- Work
- Down
- Test
I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

Barton Gellman
- Writing
- Author
- Living
We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.

Jack Falahee
- Trying
- Society
- Gay