Tony Harrison Quotes

Statues are one of the ways I try to test the traditions of European culture against the most modern destructive forces. I often make a point of seeking them out and have used them as mouthpieces in my film poetry, as with Heinrich Heine in 'The Gaze of the Gorgon.'

Tony Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other.

John Darnielle

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Bitcoin, in the short or even long term, may turn out be a good investment in the same way that anything that is rare can be considered valuable. Like baseball cards. Or a Picasso.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't start making shows that are going to win awards. That way madness lies.

John Tiffany

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President Obama, under your leadership, we do need guns to keep us safe.

Tomi Lahren

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I have lost almost every friend that I had before Casey died.

Cindy Sheehan

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Nobody has had more awful things written about them than me.

Brigitte Nielsen

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I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better.

Anthony Kiedis

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My website bulletin board is the place I interact with my readers.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right: you can never have too much.

Thomas Pynchon

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Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.

Twyla Tharp

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By adding Houston to the Big 12, all it does is make the Big 12 a power conference.

Tilman J. Fertitta

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People who make mistakes but try their best, other people will support. But people who make mistakes because they're lazy, nobody supports.

Nobu Matsuhisa

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