Alice Oswald Quotes

I think it is the easiest mentality for a human being to be either colonized or to colonize. The structure of either the slave or the master seems to be the simplest and the most relaxing one to slip into. Either you are a slave, and you don't have to think for yourself, or you're a master, and you don't have to work for yourself.

Alice Oswald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkYourselfThinkYouHumanSlave

I was picked on as a kid. I had a nose the size of a softball plus braces and acne. It was rough.

Jillian Michaels

KidSizeNoseBracesRoughAcne

What about passion, dedication, loyalty? Can a robot provide those? No! On the other hand, it's easier to retire a robot when its day is done.

Stanley Bing

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Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.

Alvin Adams

FearAttitudeGovernmentWorkers

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

Steve Largent

FatherConfidenceCharacterChildUp

If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

Tommy Franks

GovernmentConstitutionWillMilitary

I think I'd take a human butler over a robot one.

Tom Felton

ThinkRobotHumanOverTakeI Think

I know a lot of a cappella groups, but none of them are doing backflips while singing, for sure.

Chrissie Fit

SingingDoingKnowSureNoneThem

Any nominee is going to have to earn my support.

Cory Gardner

SupportEarnGoingAnyNominee

I'm not better than anyone else.

Clive Owen

BetterThanElseAnyoneAnyone Else

Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.

Brian Wilson

SayingNowUnderstandMental Illness

I've written a lot of songs from watching women speak about women empowerment.

Anne-Marie

WomenSpeakEmpowermentWatchingLot

When I was a kid, toe dancing and toe shoes had a meaning in our culture as a serious kind of art.

Twyla Tharp

ArtShoesCultureMeaningSerious

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