Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes

The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: August 24, 1952

Topics

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For us, the death of Osama bin Laden is a time of profound reflection. With his death, we remember and mourn all the lives lost on September 11. We remember and mourn all the lives lost in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan. We remember and mourn the death of our soldiers.

Jodie Evans

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Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract.

Jessamyn West

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'The War in the Air' describes the destruction of Manhattan by air attack.

Tom Reiss

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It was very unusual to employ prettiness as part of a building.

Robert Venturi

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I didn't really know exactly the point where I wanted to be an actor. But I know at this point, because I never went to college, I don't really have anything to fall back on.

Rory Cochrane

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The greatest writers have been, at heart, parochial, provincial in their rootedness.

Derek Walcott

HeartGreatestBeenProvincial

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

Brian Eno

AttentionYouWantWayEngageBeat

The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual.

Pico Iyer

BestRevolutionInformationTeachUs

It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on.

Peter Fonda

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I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be when I started.

Todd Barry

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If you're making music for the U.S. Latin fan, it's important that you sing in Spanish. Even going too bilingual can backfire.

Nicky Jam

MusicYouImportantGoingSingFan

I love the smaller scenes. I love the smaller, slightly more theatrical scenes.

Martin Freeman

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