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Billy Collins Quotes

I am increasingly attracted to restricting possibility in the poem by inflicting a form upon yourself. Once you impose some formal pattern on yourself, then the poem is pushing back. I think good poems are often the result of that kind of wrestling with the form.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Good Yourself I Am Think Result You

That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrative, if I wrote a paper on that, I know I'd find inconsistencies.

Life Decision Find Know Principles

A song just doesn't have verse-chorus-verse. It could just be one line. There are Chinese love songs that you have to learn one melody for a three-minute thing, and nothing ever repeats. I like that.

Love Song Learn You Nothing Line

At the end of the day, you are judged by your character. And look, I'm proud of my record of working to help people throughout my years of public service.

Character Service Day People Proud

I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film. But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth.

Sigourney Weaver

Love Think Generation Back Acting

My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star.

Life Father Me Better My Life Rock

Audi has fewer problems with electronics than any other company.

Martin Winterkorn

Problems Company Electronics Than

I find the fans really interesting and nice, and I'll go over and say hello.

Interesting Find Go Nice Say Hello

This was great fun and a nice paycheck and then, as these things happen, the show was canceled.

Great Fun Things Happen Nice Happen

My hometown is a very boring city. There isn't a lot of industry - there are a lot of trees. It's not like Beijing where the sky is always dark. In my city the sky is blue and the sun shines.

Sky Blue Sun City Trees Hometown

I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and things like that is that it almost seems like Russian Roulette when you're coming out of the closet to your parents.

Parents College Think Friends You

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Men Think Know Strive Little Much

It's not the part of being a celebrity that's so attractive to me. It's being recognized for your accomplishments and what you've done... becoming closer to what you want to achieve in life.

Life Me You Achieve Done Want

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