Simon Armitage Quotes

I even feel guilty if I'm reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don't really know what free time is, because I don't have something to measure it against.

Simon Armitage

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 26, 1963

Topics

TimeFreeReadingThinkFeelGuilty

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.

Jim Sensenbrenner

SportsSucceedProfessionalYoung

The story of Airbnb is really the underdog story in many ways.

Joe Gebbia

UnderdogStoryAirbnbManyReally

We live in an epoch of denudation.

John Joly

LiveEpoch

My family is just naturally funny.

Tony Rock

FamilyFunnyJustNaturally

If I modeled myself after anybody, it probably would have been Richard Pryor.

Tony Rock

MyselfBeenWouldAnybodyAfter

If you buy an expensive thing and you never use it, I don't think there's a point to it.

Tom Selleck

ThinkYouNeverPointExpensiveBuy

I think the mental preparation isn't something that you can work on in one large sum. It has to be a collective collaboration of doing little things for your mental state constantly throughout the prep and managing your life outside the Octagon, managing your life in transit to the Octagon, managing your life once you get to training.

Robert Whittaker

LifeWorkTrainingPreparationThink

I'm happy to be content-maker as well as curator, so I'm happy to also be a presenter for amazing things.

Jason Silva

HappyAmazingThingsWellCurator

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

Chris Evert

LifeFearPeopleFlyingMy LifeHad

Virginians can choose to continue to elect criminal, illegal aliens like MS-13 - and by the way, they are animals - or, we can arrest them, deport them back to the countries where they came from, and build the wall!

Corey Stewart

ChooseBackWallAnimalsBuildWay

Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects as the spoils of war. Art equaled power, riches and culture.

Arne Glimcher

PowerArtCultureWarGoldBack

I'm very proud of the fact that the women on 'The Americans' are written to be equally complex as the men.

Alison Wright

WomenMenProudComplexFactVery

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