James Fenton Quotes

One problem we face comes from the lack of any agreed sense of how we should be working to train ourselves to write poetry.

James Fenton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryFaceProblemTrainWriteHow

I don't care about me being vulnerable or embarrassing situations.

Mauro Ranallo

MeCareBeingEmbarrassingAbout

I still think buying a home is the best investment any individual can make.

John Paulson

HomeBestThinkInvestmentBuying

I'm a really big advocate of ethical fashion. I actually have a travelling boutique called Maison de Mode, which is all about ethical fashion. I also like Maiyet from Paris. They're very Celine-esque in their silhouettes. I love their back story, too: they work with orphans in Colombia and India.

Amanda Hearst

WorkLoveFashionStoryBackIndia

The city's contradictions and frailties drive me to the church. The church, in turn, binds my wounds and soothes my troubled heart, and sends me right back out into the city again.

Steve Ross

HeartCityMeDriveChurchBack

What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.

Moby

LifeMomentPeopleMeBehaviorYou

I love when someone doesn't pretend to be someone they are not.

Lourdes Leon

LoveSomeonePretendI Love

The truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin and always, always worn make-up.

Judy Parfitt

GoodTruthTruth IsCareSkinTaken

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

Jean Cocteau

DeathReadingLongJournalLikeHis

If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you just very calmly present something.

Clint Eastwood

PresentYouSaySatisfiedSomething

If the government decides to put your life under a microscope, do you think it won't find something? I suspect there's not an adult in the country who would walk away totally unscathed if every aspect of his or her life were investigated the way Stewart's ImClone trading was.

Allan Sloan

LifeWalkGovernmentThinkYouFind

Actors and writers and adjuncts are always looking for their next job: they find common cause with the female Uber drivers on contracts who have also been unprotected victims of sexual harassment.

Alissa Quart

JobLookingFindAlwaysContracts

Historically, in the world of architecture, enormous amounts of care and energy have been lavished on things that are almost a cliched idea of culture.

Thomas Heatherwick

CultureArchitectureWorldEnergy

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