Andrew Motion Quotes

There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and written very well at the same time.

Andrew Motion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodTimePeopleWorldBusyTrying

When I got my headshots done, there was this woman screaming at me to blow my lips out. She kept saying, 'You want to be like Scarlett Johansson, don't you?' In the shot, my eyes are popping out; I look terrified. I realised I'd rather not get a job than go through pain to be something I'm not.

Jessie Cave

EyesJobWomanPainMeSaying

I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.

John Eaton

ThinkTroubleFollowAudiencePlot

A man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself - like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

Jean Kerr

ManSpeechFindSocksCleanOutside

A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

Jean Racine

SadDeathSadnessEnoughTragedy

We don't want to be hot; we want to last - because eventually hot gets cooled down.

Trombone Shorty

DownWantHotBecauseLastGets

The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development; it's love - that one principle.

Tom Shadyac

LoveTechnologySocietyDevelopment

That Dutch style of kickboxing, that's great. That's hard. It's very intimidating to stand across from, but you know it's very rhythmic on the beat. It's just something: It looks scary, but it's nothing to be scared of.

Rose Namajunas

GreatStyleStandYouLooksKnow

To be prepared is half the victory.

Miguel de Cervantes

SuccessVictoryBe PreparedHalf

I'm making a record that's half stripped down acoustic which is the way I perform a lot and half of it is very produced. It's really hard to keep music simple but I was trying to keep it simple and focus on one or two instruments and vocals.

Lisa Loeb

MusicFocusSimpleTryingDownWay

When Phil and I hit that one spot where I call it 'The Everly Brothers,' I don't know where it is. 'Cause it's not me and it's not him. It's the two of us together. I sing the lead, and so I can drift off. Then we'll come back in together and the whole thing happens again. It amazes me sometimes.

Don Everly

TogetherMeBackI CanSometimes

I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.

Debbie Harry

WorkYearNewMatterAlwaysEve

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

Christopher Walken

LifeBestUnpredictable

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