Andrew Motion Quotes

I'm not much given to making shamanistic remarks about all this, but I'm a great believer in the dream life. If I can carry without spilling whatever it is that drips into my head in the night to my desk, then that's valuable.

Andrew Motion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 26, 1952

Topics

LifeGreatNightDreamI CanDesk

I like quality over quantity.

Jidenna

QualityOverQuantityLike

If our culture is so often readily and easily appropriated, imagine what happens when we embrace our full blackness and know that our contributions are just as important to the shaping of the country and, more broadly, the world.

Angela Rye

CultureWorldCountryKnowImportant

Actually, I find it embarrassing being a pop star. I prefer it when people just treat me like anybody else, although occasionally there is a side of me, which is indulgent and I expect certain things because of my position. It's one of the perks.

Michael Hutchence

PeopleMeTreatFindSideStar

I can only say that sometimes skin colour does make a difference.

Amir Khan

Make A DifferenceI CanSkinSay

All too often, a corporate innovation initiative starts and ends with a board meeting mandate to the CEO followed by a series of memos to the staff, with lots of posters and one-day workshops. This typically creates 'innovation theater' but very little innovation.

Steve Blank

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It's understandable that when something new comes out that's unfamiliar, scary, and has severe outcomes, it gets a lot of media attention. In fact, the Zika outbreak is unprecedented. We've never before identified a mosquito-borne infection that can cause fetal malformations.

Tom Frieden

MediaAttentionNewNeverScaryOut

I sat with myself one day and asked, 'Who is in those prestigious literary circles? Do they represent me? Do they appreciate the topics I write about and the style in which I write? Do those gatekeepers let a demographic like mine through the door?' And the answer was no.

Rupi Kaur

StyleMyselfDayMeDoorAppreciate

New York is really the cheapest ad market. When I go on TV, I'm hitting a country. The market is as big as some countries, you know.

Mitch Leigh

New YorkYouCountryGoNewKnow

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

Julia Sawalha

LoveTimeMyselfI AmDoingLucky

'The Voice' is not just a singing competition. It really comes down to how you come off as a person and how you connect with America with your story, and being relatable to people.

Judith Hill

CompetitionPeopleSingingStoryYou

I would rather be right than happy.

Jason Jones

HappyRightWouldRatherThan

I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.

Conor Oberst

LifeSadRestSadnessThinkBetter

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