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Roger McGough Quotes

Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: british
Birth: November 9, 1937

Topics

Poetry Doing You Tell Show Anybody

In my experience, adults rarely bother reading the reviews of children's books and almost never read the books themselves - particularly if they don't have children.

Children Experience Reading Never

I believe we should always put our country first.

Believe Country I Believe First Our

Edgar Allan Poe, an earlier UVA student, once complained in a letter that his stepfather spoke to him as if Poe were one of the black slaves; some of the students at UVA surely felt the same about being told what to do by faculty.

Black Student Him Same Being Slaves

I tested in the top percentile for IQ, but I couldn't tie my shoes or really ride a bike without training wheels until I was almost 7.

Stephen Rodrick

Shoes Ride Bike Training Top Tie

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

Russell M. Nelson

Faith Best You Fade Need Always

I just got tired of waiting for things to happen through other people when so many other people are taking chances on following their dreams.

Christina Milian

Dreams Tired Waiting People Happen

Keep your eyes peeled: Honor's the label to watch. It's quickly becoming a serious celebrity favorite - just ask fans Kirsten Dunst and Kelly Osbourne.

Eyes Honor Serious Celebrity Ask

The radio makes hideous sounds.

Radio Sounds Makes Hideous

There hasn't been one show that we did, that I didn't enjoy to some extent.

Enjoy Show Been Some Did Extent

I contend that every woman has the right to feel beautiful, no matter how scrambled her features, or how indifferent her features.

Beautiful Woman Feel Matter Right

The past is always recycled. I'm just taking what the people I looked up to did and translating it for my generation.

Past People Generation Always Up

My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing. There's a whole range of acting skills, and some people can be astonishing with very poor material. That's not me; my skill is essentially unlocking the writing.

Work Best People Me Writing Acting

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