Seamus Heaney Quotes

I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed students who won scholarships to go on to secondary schools and thence to university.

Seamus Heaney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EducationMeGenerationGoImportant

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

John Oliver

PoliticsAmericaBecomeNarcissism

Did you know that the state is the proud owner of a condo complex in Conway? This budget adds a real estate manager position to assess what we own, and sell those properties that we don't need and shouldn't own.

John Lynch

Real EstateProudBudgetYouKnow

Is making a movie true love if you're a creative person? It could be. But in my world, the importance of being a father and having kids and knowing that connection is true love. Making a movie is love.

Robert Stromberg

LoveFatherTrue LoveCreativeWorld

I am musical. I play guitar.

Matt Ryan

I AmGuitarPlayAmMusical

The Democrats want to bring in the Third World because these are, by and large, people who have no experience with Constitutional democracy.

Ann Coulter

ExperiencePeopleDemocracyWorld

Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling.

Michael Giles

Ten YearsYearsYesWithoutNowhere

Personally, when a controversy erupts, we decide first whether it requires clarification and, secondly, if it receives notice from authorities and the establishment, we submit responses to their queries.

Amitabh Bachchan

FirstDecideControversyNotice

What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves.

Rita Moreno

WorkThinkBodyYoungYour Body

I don't know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn't have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.

Ron White

FamilyDayPeopleMeYouPen

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way again.

Douglas Coupland

SomeoneYouLoseLookWayNever

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.

Dorothea Lange

EyesNothingMoreSeeTellOwn

In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions.

Chetan Bhagat

EducationDecisionsHelpRemember

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