Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light.

Carol Ann Duffy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeLightChildSomeoneFinding

I do believe that a poet would possess a stronger intuitive sense of phrasing with a rock song. There is a way to tap into the emotions of an audience simply by the cross of a certain phrase, even a single word, against a certain chord.

Jim Carroll

SongBelieveStrongerEmotionsRock

In my fifties, I was still in creation mode. Now I have more of a responsibility to step back and mentor and offer wisdom, offer sign posts on the path.

Jodie Evans

WisdomPathResponsibilityStepBack

I have been very lucky to find something I am good at and can make money at... Playing with Bruce was the embodiment of everything that a little kid could dream about.

Max Weinberg

GoodMoneyI AmDreamFindLucky

When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.

John Malkovich

HistoryTimeThinkFactsYouKnow

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

Stokely Carmichael

StruggleDeathHandAwareWalks

When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing.

Mike Rutherford

StrongLostDoneHimStageLeft

I've never really talked about this, but I would go days without eating. Or maybe I'd have some fruit and then go to the gym for three hours. I knew I had a problem... It was a gradual process but I changed myself.

Lucy Hale

MyselfFruitEatingProcessProblem

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income.

Dee Hock

NatureBusinessLawIncomeSubstance

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

Chelsea Handler

BossProblemAuthorityWhyMy Own

If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest.

Christian Bale

LifeI AmRealEveryoneReal Life

I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.

Bob Ross

PeopleBelieveTryGetIntimidate

I would say I spend about an hour a day cleansing and moisturising after all of the make-up I've worn on jobs, and on weekends I tend to go bare-faced to give my skin a bit of a break.

Poppy Delevingne

DaySkinGoSayWeekendsBreak

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