Tomas Transtromer Quotes

Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies.

Tomas Transtromer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: April 15, 1931 - March 26, 2015

Topics

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The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.

Jimmy Chamberlin

SongPlayTryHearingMostThing

Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.

Andy Hertzfeld

PathObstaclesYouOvercomeBeing

That's the problem with bacterial meningitis: it progresses really fast. You think you have the flu, and they say within 15 hours it's severely deadly - for sure within the first 24 hours - but even the first 15 hours.

Amy Purdy

ThinkProblemYouFastSayFlu

As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us - aiming to inspire a new generation of young scientists to continue once we are gone.

Stephen Hawking

WorkScienceStepBuildingInspire

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

Robert A. Heinlein

SocietyTroublemakersDownhillGoes

I think as an actor... I don't like to compare a character to anybody else, just because I respect other people's work, and I want that character to have his own identity.

Michael Mando

WorkCharacterRespectIdentityWant

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

Don King

DayPeopleDignityWouldHeClothed

MTV is known for their huge budget.

Chelsea Handler

BudgetMTVKnownHuge

Film is just a different version of what we did round the campfire when we were Neanderthals. We tell stories so people can learn things and relativise things.

Chris Pine

PeopleLearnTellThingsFilmJust

It's not possible to win all matches.

Claudio Ranieri

WinPossibleMatches

Yet would we die as some have done, beating a way for the rising sun.

Arna Bontemps

SunDieDoneWayRisingWould

So much TV is drawn out.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

OutMuchTVDrawn

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