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Andrew Motion Quotes

I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Myself Tea Write Two Starting Up

'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.

Think Entertainment Pleasure Word

As songwriters, we are lucky to have ASCAP on our side, offering support and fighting for our rights.

Support Fighting Lucky Rights Side

In high school, my prom date fooled around with another guy - on prom night!

School Night High School High Guy

I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor and I am only learning now stupidly that you can't read tongue. When I say something funny in a newspaper and I meant it to be funny, it doesn't read that way.

Funny Learning Humor I Am Candid

He asked me whether I had seen the movie 'The Color Purple.' I said no she hadn't. And Bobby said, 'Well, it's a terrible picture. They don't make good, decent, moral pictures nowadays.'

Good Me Color Picture Pictures Said

I've always been a fan of comedy. I've always enjoyed it. It's something I'm very passionate about; it's like lifeblood to me. I had to pursue it. I thought I had a little bit of talent, and if I could make a living at it, I would do it. It's worked out so far.

Talent Me Thought Comedy Living Out

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, like his most recent predecessors Mohamed Morsi and Hosni Mubarak, rarely mention the Sinai Peninsula other than to celebrate its liberation from Israeli occupation in 1982.

Celebrate President Like Liberation

As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work - writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise.

Joyce Carol Oates

Work Good Teacher Time People Think

Creating something that builds lasting value and changes the lives of millions of people requires forging a team that will work hard to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, stand up to the pressures of fame and fortune, and stay true to the original vision long after others stop believing.

Work Vision Value People Team Stand

I'm just saying the producers and people who work on music are getting left out - that's when it starts getting criminal. It's like you're working hard, and you're not receiving. In any other business, people would be standing before Congress. They have antitrust laws against this kind of behavior.

Work Business Music People Saying

A little showbiz never hurt anyone.

Hurt Never Little Showbiz Anyone

Just to get the basic fundamentals and empathy - I think that's the most important thing to bring to it if you've acted in the past and are now a director: the empathy.

Scott Mechlowicz

Past Empathy Think You Important

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