Seamus Heaney Quotes

Your temperament is what you write with, but it's also how you deal with the world.

Seamus Heaney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: April 13, 1939 - August 30, 2013

Topics

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I had a second-degree-blue-belt test, and I broke two boards with my right foot, and the next day I walked into school, and no one ever picked on me again. I suddenly believed in myself and respected myself. I had some inkling of my power, so the bullying stopped instantly.

Jillian Michaels

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The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I mean I'll be retired from rap, so what I'll be doin' in rap will be for fun.

Tone Loc

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How can you be organized when you're in Times Square?

Mary-Kate Olsen

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Brown v. Board is the foundation by which all Americans can look for hope - hope for their children, hope for their families, and hope for a better future.

Mike Rogers

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I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting.

Mickey Rooney

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I have a hard time getting past the day without the nap, so the nap is a must.

Mohnish Pabrai

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Justice is the truth in action.

Joseph Joubert

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I feel like any time John Oliver is added to something, the comedy is instantly there. He's so funny.

Alison Brie

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This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

Plato

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I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan.

Sung Hi Lee

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A person can destroy me with two words. It can just be the way they say them, the inflection.

Peter Sellers

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