John Drinkwater Quotes

We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order - poetry; and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible.

John Drinkwater

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 1, 1882 - March 25, 1937

Topics

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Sausage is a great deal like life. You get out of it about what you put into it.

Jimmy Dean

LifeGreatYouOutGetSausage

By the '50s and '60s, war movies had become big and impersonal. They almost never bothered to characterize the Japanese enemy as particularly evil; in fact, they never bothered to characterize him at all.

Stephen Hunter

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Our definition of the alt-right is younger people who are anti-globalists, very nationalist, terribly anti-establishment.

Steve Bannon

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When I was a kid, pre-1994 was still apartheid, so we didn't get a lot the subversive music from the States or from the U.K. A lot of the music we would get was the poppiest pop music, so I've never really had a bad association it.

St. Lucia

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We had friendly and pleasant relationships with all that worked in our films - many happy memories.

Stan Laurel

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I would love to meet or work with Sofia Coppola. Or Wes Anderson or Spike Jonze. I'd love to meet them. The way they film, it's all so geometric.

Sigrid

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The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.

Tucker Carlson

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Few news stories can demonstrate the stark difference between conservatism and liberalism like the George Zimmerman trial has done.

Mike Gallagher

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I've never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that. There's his humor and intelligence, too, and he's really cute, all those things - but if you don't respect your partner, you'll get sick of him.

Michelle Pfeiffer

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I dream of living off the land completely - in vain, because the monkeys eat everything.

Mira Nair

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Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.

Jonathan Sacks

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But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

Diana Nyad

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