Tony Harrison Quotes

For me, there is a paradox in poetry, which is like the paradox in tragedy. You have the most terrible subject, but it's in a form that is so sensually gratifying that it connects the surviving heart to the despairing intellect.

Tony Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 30, 1937

Topics

HeartPoetryMeYouTragedyParadox

I try and take it for what it is, and I'm very at peace with the fact that when I'm done with the songs, they don't belong to me anymore. They belong to the listeners.

Jens Lekman

PeaceMeDoneTryBelongTake

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

John Dryden

TodayTomorrowWorstLivedThy

I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the mountains - so simple, so true, if once understood.

Max Muller

MorningLightSimpleMountainsMe

If you're an actor, you tend to fool yourself into thinking you're much younger than you are because you're playing parts and behaving like a child all the time.

John Lithgow

TimeFoolYourselfChildThinking

In Pennsylvania, I love the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington. It's a scenic area. We also enjoy visiting the Laurel Highlands in Western Pennsylvania. The mountains are really something to be seen, and it's a great area to be outside.

Troy Polamalu

LoveGreatMountainsEnjoyOutside

Immigration is not going to be a 'side issue' in 2016 - it is the issue.

Tom Tancredo

ImmigrationSideGoingIssue

You have to think there's a reason for everything. When a door closes another door opens.

Chris Daughtry

DoorThinkYouReasonEverything

I think having a character piece is great. It will challenge you and be different.

Asa Butterfield

CharacterGreatChallengeThinkYou

If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit.

Syd

YouWantIntentionalLittlePioneer

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

Peter Berg

CreativeWorldGameBelieveExercise

More terrorists and extremists have been captured or killed in Pakistan than in any place in the world.

Thomas E. Donilon

WorldPlaceMoreBeenPakistanThan

They have acted like carnivores who used the world to enrich only themselves, and whether it's the election of Donald Trump, or Brexit, the elites have realized that the people have stopped listening to them, that the people want to determine their futures and, in a perfectly democratic framework, regain control of their destiny.

Marine Le Pen

PeopleListeningControlWorldWant

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