Alice Oswald Quotes

One of the rules of Greek lament poetry is that it mustn't mention the dead by name in case of invoking a ghost. Maybe the 'Iliad,' crowded with names, is more than a poem. Maybe it's a dangerous piece of the brightness of both this world and the next.

Alice Oswald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: 1966

Topics

PoetryWorldNameRulesDangerous

Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life that were significant for us and which should be significant for our society.

Andrzej Wajda

LifeSocietySeeingCinemaSameUs

I never thought I would work in mainstream superhero comics or Valiant or Marvel. I just set out to make the kinds of stories I wanted to make, which at the beginning was small personal stuff like 'Essex County.'

Jeff Lemire

WorkBeginningSmallThoughtNever

I don't think music teaches about mundane, everyday life. It teaches us what it is to be a human being.

Steven Stucky

LifeMusicThinkEverydayHumanUs

I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.

Tom Hooper

DreamsVoiceYouKnowCryTry

The bottom line is, if you're pregnant, don't travel to an area where Zika is spreading.

Tom Frieden

TravelYouLineBottomWhereArea

When I played Ivanhoe, kids used to come along and kick me because they thought I wore armour under my clothes. When I was Maverick, I was accepted as a cowboy. And in 'The Persuaders,' I became Lord Brett Sinclair. In other words, I am what I am for as long as I am.

Roger Moore

WordsI AmMeThoughtClothesLong

I know I'm a really good mother. I know it. I'm a really good mother.

Rosie O'Donnell

GoodMotherKnowGood MotherReally

Sometimes as a boy, you really want to feel older and mature.

Diego Luna

FeelYouSometimesWantBoyMature

When you tell your kids they can be anything, you've got to be careful. I told my kids that, and I ended up with a music producer and an interior designer. But they're doing it.

Chris Gardner

MusicDoingYouBe CarefulAnything

Most parts in comedy, they're not really written for men. They're written for, like, these boy-men.

Chris Rock

MenComedyLikeMostPartsReally

Even though I never worked with her, it was still really cool to have Brooke Shields on set. She was so nice and so funny.

Atticus Shaffer

FunnyCoolNiceNeverSheHer

I have always had a longing to talk about this Nazi period because my parents' generation wouldn't talk about it after the war at all. From an actor's point of view, it's amazing to play in one year the Nazi Albert Speer and Claus von Stauffenberg.

Sebastian Koch

SmallSayTrueActorWillEvery

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