Alice Oswald Quotes

It's a question of trying to take down by dictation what's already there. I'm not making something, I'm trying to hear it.

Alice Oswald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TryingDownQuestionTakeSomething

I just try to play as hard as I can every possession. If you're aware and you're high-energy, the ball will eventually bounce your way and you'll be able to make plays.

Jeremy Lin

YouI CanPlayWillWayTry

If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.

Andrew Wyeth

JoyWindowFlyingYouPlaceEmotion

My most string-beanish, I guess, is when I was 15 years old. From 15 to 16, I went from 155 pounds to 215. By the time I graduated from high school, I was between 235-250.

John Cena

TimeSchoolHigh SchoolOldHigh

The Transparency Bill is something we should all support - practical steps in promoting an open and accountable democracy.

Andrew Lansley

SupportDemocracyTransparencyOpen

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

Andre Gide

Keep GoingExperienceBeginningBack

When I'm on the road, I'll break my exercise into a cardio session and a weights session.

Robert Irvine

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You find happiness where you find it.

Anna Paquin

HappinessYouFindWhere

I feel like people associate us with the tropical Hawaiian print because, for a long time, we were wearing a lot of bright colors to exert our personality.

St. Lucia

TimePersonalityPeopleColorsFeel

As I grew in confidence, I was able to come out and say that I'm a musician.

Shura

ConfidenceSayOutComeAbleGrew

Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd.

Roger Ross Williams

MeExpectationsBlackKindMatter

A politically astute president who understood deeply the economics and politics of corporate tax reform could conceivably muscle Congress toward a reform package that made sense. Trump is not that leader.

Joseph Stiglitz

LeaderPoliticsEconomicsTaxMuscle

Books, the children of the brain.

Jonathan Swift

EducationChildrenBrainBooks

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