Norman MacCaig Quotes

However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird.

Norman MacCaig

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 14, 1910 - January 23, 1996

Topics

BirdPoetryThoughtHelpPersonHim

I recently read a collection of stories called 'Boondock Kollage,' by Regina Bradley. The stories follow multiple characters through the South, through the past and present. I loved reading that book: the first time I read the opening story, I was breathless and incoherent.

Jesmyn Ward

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I eat an enormous amount of fruits and vegetables.

Andie MacDowell

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When you see or hear something beautiful, it's like that thing is transmitting a kind of energy, and if that energy helped create the work, the only thing I can do is play it when I finally show the work.

Ann Demeulemeester

WorkBeautifulEnergyYouPlayKind

I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.

Jean Paul Gaultier

ClothesSayShyWayAlwaysBecause

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

Alvin Lee

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Maybe someday we'll have a woman president. Not me, though.

Mary Fallin

WomanMePresidentSomedayMaybe

You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying generations under a mountain range of debt.

Mike Pence

BusinessMountainAmericaYouKnow

I don't think anybody else can play the Hulk like I could. I was able to show emotions even with all of the makeup. I don't think it can be duplicated.

Lou Ferrigno

MakeupThinkEmotionsPlayHulk

I'm not saying that players should go out and say random things, especially if they don't know anything about it. But I think players do know more than people give them credit for. People do research, and people are entitled to their own opinions.

Jaylen Brown

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I'm interested in the lives of Americans for whom the ways this culture has tried to define itself - that is, self-esteem defined by material wealth - they have nothing to do with that.

Debra Granik

CultureWealthNothingSelf-Esteem

It's a beautiful drive across the United States. It's so interesting. I'm a proud Canadian, and there are so many beautiful parts of Canada, but the United States also has incredible diversity in its landscape.

David Sutcliffe

BeautifulDiversityDriveProud

I love every Netflix original series, because they're so creative and different, and they really believe in trusting the creators of these shows and in their vision and passion.

Colleen Ballinger

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