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Alice Oswald Quotes

There's a whole range of words that people use about landscape. Pastoral? Idyll? I can't stand them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: british
Birth: 1966

Topics

Words People Stand Landscape Whole

It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.

Walk Past School Me Winning Coach

Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

Think You Know Disability Make Does

I knew who Bruce Springsteen was before he had his first record.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

First Who Knew He Before His

I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.

Journey Government Start End You

If I'm not working and getting my makeup done, that's my chance to do a hair mask and a face mask and my plucking and waxing and all of that.

Hair Makeup Chance Face Mask Done

So maybe with the research robots that are out there, people will come up with ways to use them to take care of the elderly. And that can help me someday. Because, you know what? I'm heading in that direction.

People Me Research Direction Help

Some of my early musical memories are attached to grunge.

Memories Early Grunge Attached Some

You can be six behind on the back nine and still win the tournament.

Win You Back Behind Still Nine

I've had the big ups and the big downs.

Big Downs Had Ups

Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.

Day America Vegas You Want Right

If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.

Vacation Military Come Would Ever

But my system for over 30 years has been this: When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30.

You Go Over Years Buy System

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