James Fenton Quotes

English poetry begins whenever we decide to say the modern English language begins, and it extends as far as we decide to say that the English language extends.

James Fenton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 25, 1949

Topics

PoetryLanguageSayEnglish Language

Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.

Jesse Williams

IntegrityPersonStorytellingBeing

I'm just human, and I have great relationships with the people that work for me.

Andie MacDowell

WorkGreatPeopleMeRelationships

I've learned that things change. The whole boy band thing almost turned into a stock market crash.

Max Martin

ChangeStock MarketBoyBandMarket

I don't think about 'age groups.'

Michael Foreman

AgeThinkAboutGroups

Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.

Mary Wollstonecraft

MindBlindEndObedienceWill

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

Mike Quade

BetterPlayGoingHarder

Bill Clinton wanted to survive. And Bill Clinton wanted to thrive, not just for himself, although that's primarily what drives Bill Clinton. He's a classic narcissist. So of course he wanted to thrive and succeed. But he also wanted America to thrive and succeed, which is why he worked with a Republican Congress.

Monica Crowley

SucceedSurviveAmericaThriveWhy

One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.

Jon Meacham

MemoriesChildhoodI AmRiverFarm

Social media is a very, very powerful tool. It also gives power to tools.

Chris Young

PowerSocial MediaToolsPowerful

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

Coco Chanel

WisdomSomeoneSomethingCaresHow

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

Sheryl Sandberg

ChangeWomenConversationTopNeed

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

Sharon Creech

CharacterPurposeYouFindPlace

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