Alice Oswald Quotes

I think it's often assumed that the role of poetry is to comfort, but for me, poetry is the great unsettler. It questions the established order of the mind. It is radical, by which I don't mean that it is either leftwing or rightwing, but that it works at the roots of thinking.

Alice Oswald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatPoetryMindMeRootsThinking

That time when you're waiting for a job can be the most impactful and important time because you develop your preferences as a person. Knowing what you like will make you more confident. And then you'll stand out.

Jenny Slate

TimeJobWaitingStandConfident

I was willing to do anything that Chris Carter wrote.

Megan Gallagher

AnythingWillingWroteCarterChris

I'm a lazy actor, lazier than you would think. I don't usually do a lot of research.

John Lithgow

ResearchThinkYouLazyActorWould

I did quite a lot of the arranging, fitting different sections together, tempo changes, all sorts of things like that. I actually acted as a bridge between Robert and Ian. Not so much composing, rather presenting musical ideas at each rehearsal.

Michael Giles

TogetherIdeasBridgeChangesThings

I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever.

Tommy Lee

AngerThinkTouchShouldAnybody

Collaboration allows me to challenge myself to find a new passion for music.

Rodney Crowell

MusicPassionMyselfChallengeMe

I'd spent life so terrified of failure that when it happened, it was very liberating.

Molly Bloom

LifeFailureHappenedVeryTerrified

It all felt like a terribly long time. It would have meant that I had to make five movies in five years and if you don't like the movies, too bad. I guess I just wanted my freedom, and I think my life has been incredibly enhanced as a result.

Joseph Fiennes

LifeFreedomTimeThinkMy LifeYou

I've exhibited quite a few of my photographs. I expand them digitally till they're very big. It's an art school thing, I suppose.

Donovan

ArtSchoolBigExpandQuiteFew

We cannot afford to lose any more people as a result of hatred.

Clemantine Wamariya

PeopleResultLoseMoreHatredAny

I'd like to be a three-time Olympian.

Anne Donovan

LikeOlympian

I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog.

William Shatner

DogAloneLonelinessUniverseYou

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