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Norman MacCaig Quotes

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Poetry American Now Years Interested

The more challenges that are thrown at you, the more reward there is on the other side because you surprise yourself and say, 'Wow, these are things I didn't realize I was capable of.'

Yourself Challenges Surprise Reward

That's the great thing about being an actor, you know, you can just jump to different jobs.

Great You Jump Know Actor Different

What I would say to a person who is firm in their faith and wants to go into an acting career: It is such a difficult thing to do without compromising your beliefs.

Faith Career Acting Person Go Say

I think that life is about growth. You continue to grow and progress, hopefully.

Life Growth Progress Think Grow You

I'm pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin. My grandfather is 80 but doesn't look a day over 50. And we all love the sun, too, so blessed is an understatement!

Family Love Great Day Sun Blessed

There's so much mudslinging going on, and people get so turned off by that. It seems like neither party is aware of that. They're too concerned with blasting each other.

People Party Going Get Off Aware

I'm not like a champion of profanity. I write what I hear, and the characters that I write, that's how they talk. That's how I talk a lot of the time. So I'm not trying to advance a social cause.

Stephen Adly Guirgis

Time Champion Trying Talk Write

I was also so happy to learn how to do the Djatence. Djatence is when you show your clothes off in the street - it's something between a dancing, showing off, and trying to get attention turned on you. It was a really cool experience with people who are more refined than I could imagine.

Experience Happy People Cool Learn

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

Robertson Davies

Quality Said Way Influences Writer

I don't think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, 'A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.'

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Mind Me Think President Her

Unless you work in HR, it's not your responsibility to necessarily police and monitor workplace conversation.

Work Responsibility Police You Your

Literature invents its own rules.

Literature Rules Own

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