Tony Harrison Quotes

You get early inoculation against the idea of success if you're a poet. When I published my first collection of sonnets, I sold about five copies; now kids study them for A level. Wanting to be successful in that other world of money or fame is not interesting. Poetry isn't like that, and it never has been.

Tony Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Drama is about conflict, and it's about putting obstacles in the path of people you who care about.

Jim Beaver

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Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. Start building up your larder! We don't even use that term any more.

Joel Salatin

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I haven't seen 'The Revenant,' but I'm sure it was great because it has a lot of talent involved.

Robert Redford

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Acting advice is a bit like your parents teaching you how to drive a car. You know they're right, but you still kind of want them to shut up a bit.

Max Irons

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Do goofy stories make people nice? What if, in their goofiness, these stories somehow inspire that in the right way. Is that a social good?

Matt Stone

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I'm honest. If someone asks about my weight loss, I tell them I have five people working on me, plus there's Photoshop. I tell them I can't eat everything and look good. I was unhealthy when I was fat, and now I'm a normal body type. I'm not special; I'm just an actress, and boys and girls are intelligent enough to recognise that.

Sonam Kapoor

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I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do.

Stuart Appleby

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I feel like everyone just gets constricted by their parents or, just, life.

Travis Scott

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I do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort.

Tommy Lee Jones

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It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

Mary J. Blige

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The new 'Avatar' BluRay is a lesson in filmmaking. It really is inspiring.

Louis Leterrier

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Our words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God's Word.

Joyce Meyer

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