Seamus Heaney Quotes

The group of writers I had grown up with in the '60s - Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, James Simmons, John Hewitt, Paul Muldoon - formed a very necessary and self-sustaining group.

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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Then to have your baby playing at the school you played at and having him play well is a special treat.

Jerry Kramer

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Don't rely on men but don't shun them either.

Jennifer Aniston

MenRelyEitherThemShun

We need to move off the planet. And Mars is the next best place.

John M. Grunsfeld

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To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in African culture.

Anna Deavere Smith

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Australia has suffered a decade of drought, epic floods, a Category 5 cyclone, and a plague of locusts. But just because Aussies have the biggest carbon footprint in the world, it doesn't mean they're stupid.

Jeff Goodell

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I love doing drama as much as I love doing comedy.

Jean Smart

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I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.

Robert Darnton

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I want to get involved in things that makes a difference in peoples lives and lifts them up. I don't want to be a part of anything that's not inspiring or helpful to the community that I'm serving.

Russell Simmons

CommunityWantDifferenceAnything

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Coco Chanel

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Imagine a world where mothers take as good care of themselves as they do their children and a world where mothers are so supported they're able to do that. That's the world we all need to create because our children, families, and communities are depending on us.

Christy Turlington

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Sharad Pawar is paying tax.

Sharad Pawar

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Not long ago, in response to a spell of insomnia, I learned some of the principles of meditation, to empty my mind piece by piece. It was like the old game of jacks - cautiously lifting each jack clear of its neighbor until only the empty background remained.

Thomas McGuane

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