Tony Harrison Quotes

The Greek tragic mask is one of my main metaphors for the role of the poet. The eyes of the tragic mask are always open to witness even the worst, and the mouth is always open to make poetry from it. Neither ever close.

Tony Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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You have to think, 'What can I do to help my team develop, grow, and become better performers?' rather than, 'What's in it for me?'

Jimmy Iovine

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I want the violence among young people in this country to stop - particularly gang violence.

Jim Brown

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You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.

Joaquin Phoenix

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It's very important to stay creative and not simply to wait around for people to want you. It's the hardest thing about the business.

John Lithgow

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I go around the world, working with all kinds of people who I love.

John Malkovich

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Lisbeth Salander is one of the most compelling heroines of 21st century crime literature, and I am thrilled to see readers have welcomed her return.

Sonny Mehta

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I get along with everybody because I don't believe anybody.

Sirio Maccioni

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People who have been hardworking, tax paying, those people ought to be given an opportunity to be on a track that leads towards citizenship, and if that happened, then they wouldn't be prey to the employers who say, 'We want you because we know that you work for a salary we could not lawfully pay anyone else.'

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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The cloud is one of the most extraordinary opportunities of our lifetime. If we're not investing now, we'll rue the day we didn't.

Ruth Porat

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For a brief moment, Ian Fleming made being an Englishman seem sexy, even to the French. He should have been awarded a knighthood, even possibly the Garter.

Michael Korda

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Deep in my heart, I still believe that the democratization of Russia and the democratization of Ukraine will proceed.

Milos Zeman

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I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.

Logan Lerman

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