Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

Carol Ann Duffy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 23, 1955

Topics

SayingLanguageFeelingWayMore

Truth is a pathless land.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

TruthTruth IsLand

I don't know that I can give a definitive answer to that, I can only say that if we create the right climate those who are producing those products will have the opportunity to move into a higher value product if changes are needed if we get this right.

John Anderson

OpportunityValueI CanCreateKnow

I'm interested in psychology and how your surroundings can influence your character, and because of that, I think I try and take the very best from a situation, good or bad, and constantly work on myself.

Mia Goth

WorkGoodCharacterMyselfBestBad

When I was a kid and I'd be in trouble. I'd ask God to help me, and then once the fire was out, I wouldn't talk to Him anymore. When I got older, I began to find I needed some help spiritually, just to function.

Stephen Adly Guirgis

GodFireMeHelpFindTrouble

Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you'll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long.

Travis Bradberry

MorningTimeDayEnergyLongYou

I'm the happiest combination you can think of. I'm a Russian poet, an English essayist, and a citizen of the United States.

Joseph Brodsky

ThinkYouCitizenPoetEnglish

Mustard's no good without roast beef.

Chico Marx

GoodWithoutBeefMustardRoast

I'm very lucky that my husband is a true partner in child-rearing. If I get home late, he gets home early or vice-versa. I travel more, and he's able to spell me when I'm gone.

Bonnie Hammer

HomeTravelMeHusbandPartnerLate

I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

TimeServicePeoplePublic Service

I prefer 'cooling foods' for the summer - lots of fruits like watermelons, a few strands of kesar with raisins that have been soaked overnight, and lots of coconut water. Dinner is usually dahi chawal. I am a big foodie, so depending on my cravings, I indulge - maybe pasta or risotto.

Alia Bhatt

WaterI AmDinnerSummerPastaBig

As the writer of a pseudonymous book, I gave up my own accumulated history as a novelist and became what I had been as a child: unnamed, unidentified, unacknowledged. Invisible. In a very real sense, what I hope for in the process of imagining a book is to disappear.

Susan Shreve

HopeHistoryChildBookProcessOwn

You should do the sound that you want and not what others want.

Noah Cyrus

YouWantOthersSoundShould

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