Tony Harrison Quotes

I was well read and knew languages, but I didn't want to become Ezra Pound. I wanted to write poetry that people like my parents might respond to.

Tony Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryParentsPeopleWantBecome

I wanted to emulate music from America - young punks playing rock n' roll is what it was. I read part of Keith Richards' autobiography, and it was totally parallel with me, learning from American records.

Jimmy Page

LearningMusicMeAmericanAmerica

The comics I hate are thieves. Nothing's more disgusting than a guy who steals another person's ideas and tries to claim them as his own.

Joe Rogan

HateIdeasPersonNothingMoreOwn

You can't be perfect at everything.

Andie MacDowell

YouPerfectEverything

I never woke up and thought, 'I really want to live a bold life.'

Angelina Jolie

LifeLiveThoughtBoldWantNever

I always keep a damp beauty blender and a powder compact in my purse, and I touch up a lot.

Jeffree Star

BeautyTouchAlwaysUpKeepPurse

Honestly I just wear what I like. You know why? 'Cause I can, I'm a rock star.

Amy Lee

Rock StarYouI CanKnowRockWhy

The first few weeks of being a mom were profound, not just emotionally but also, physically. All the changes you instinctually go through are miraculous.

Alyssa Milano

MomYouGoChangesProfoundFirst

There is immense, powerful potential in life in this universe - especially now that we know that places like the Earth are common. And that potential, that powerful potential, is also our potential, of you and me.

Dimitar Sasselov

LifeMePotentialUniversePowerful

Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.

Dorothea Benton Frank

GreatBeachFireMeHairBook

I am interested in all things that celebrate and enhance the female form.

Christian Louboutin

I AmCelebrateThingsInterestedAm

If we could get your subconscious mind to agree with your conscious mind about being happy, that's when your positive thoughts work.

Bruce Lipton

PositiveWorkHappyMindThoughts

Very few people could make me fight out of my system. Burley was one.

Archie Moore

FightPeopleMeOutSystemMake

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