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Billy Collins Quotes

The public is probably more suspicious of poets than women, and maybe for good reason.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: March 22, 1941

Topics

Good Women More Reason Than Poets

'This Is England 2015.' That would be ace. We could have prosthetics to make us look really old.

Look Old Us Ace Would England

Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.

Peace Mind President Whatever Pretty

When I first began to have the initial idea for 'Heartsease,' I just wrote a skeleton story; that is, I started her off as this young, bright 16-year-old and then added the events that occurred and where she and other characters fitted in, even writing 3 different endings, as I was not sure where Mary's story would lead to.

Writing Story Young Bright She Lead

My character from 'Panda Eyes,' Fay, is the character I see myself in a lot.

Character Eyes Myself See I See Lot

I have a very commercial appetite. I don't like to do high-brow things.

Sigourney Weaver

Things Like Commercial Appetite Very

Some films clearly seem to divide people. And I do think there's something incredibly exciting about the commonality of us as human beings, which some films are lucky enough to tap into.

People Think Enough Lucky Human Us

Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa.

Great Enough Television Hard Tackle

I had a year off, so my wife and I were heading to Italy to study Italian. We found a little house in a village called Atrani. I discovered that Gore Vidal lived right above us in a big house, so I sent him a note.

Wife Year House Village Right Study

The city has become a serious menace to our civilization... It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant.

City Serious Civilization Become Our

With VR, you are directing in a 360-degree environment. The biggest challenge is that the viewer can look anywhere. They might look at the the weakest moments, the very things you edit for TV. You don't control where they look.

Challenge Control Moments You Look

See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.

Donald Rumsfeld

Decisions Information Flow Poor See

Leave them wanting more and you know they'll call you back.

You Back Know More Leave Call

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