Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.

Carol Ann Duffy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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There are moving companies specializing in evictions, their crews working all day, every weekday.

Matthew Desmond

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By boosting oversight and accountability, we can empower the VA in its core mission of helping the men and women who have served our country.

Ann Kirkpatrick

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Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects.

Roger Ross Williams

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But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure I wanted in the painting, and then collage on the painting with printed dots or painted paper or something before I really committed it.

Roy Lichtenstein

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I've always wanted to learn how to hook rugs. A wonderful artist named Leslie Giuliani taught me how. The nice thing is you can change it as you go along.

Roz Chast

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I've definitely had crazy acting teachers.

Matt Bomer

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I've never felt like a woman fighting in a male world; I've never felt penalised.

Miranda Hart

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I was a huge rereader, so I've read all the Chronicles of Narnia, at minimum, 13 times each. In reading that series, I realized that someone had written those books, and that was that person's job. And I thought, 'That is the job for me. That is the job I'm going to have when I grow up.'

Lisa Papademetriou

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Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

Douglas Coupland

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More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.

Ciara

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Most of the time, I grill over high heat. I like things to move fast. I like the sound and smell of a very hot fire. I gravitate towards dishes that you can get on and off the grill as quickly as possible. After a while, you'll know without thinking about it how hot the fire is.

Bobby Flay

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Terri's death brings to a close a very tragic, human and personal event that has left everyone with a feeling of emptiness, regardless of what side of the issue you may have been on.

Bob Beauprez

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