Carol Ann Duffy Quotes
Here.It will blind you with tearslike a lover.It will make your reflectiona wobbling photo of grief.
Quotes to Explore
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
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We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.
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Education in general, and higher education in particular, is on the brink of a huge disruption. Two big questions, which were once so well-settled that we ceased asking them, are now up for grabs. What should young people be learning? And what sorts of credentials indicate they're ready for the workforce?
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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I have three young kids and a great family. I love hanging out with them more than anything.
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As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
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The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.
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There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.
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The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
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I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
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Women are so necessary for us in terms of support.
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Only that position can impart dignity in which we do not appear as servile tools but rather create independently within our circle.
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Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.
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In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.
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Yes mam. I'm sorry you've had such troubles. Mm-hmm. Sorry. Don’t need sorry. Not in this house. Sorry laid the hearth here. Sorry ways and sorry people and heavensent grief and heartache to make you pine for your death.
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Grief is at once a public and a private experience. One's inner, inexpressible disruption cannot be fully realized in one's public persona.
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Here.It will blind you with tearslike a lover.It will make your reflectiona wobbling photo of grief.
