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Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

Carol Ann Duffy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Think Anxiety Now Resources Abuse

'The Night Cafe' and 'The Starry Night' still emit such pathos, density, and intensity that they send shivers down the spine. Whether Van Gogh thought in color or felt with his intellect, the radical color, dynamic distortion, heart, soul, and part-by-part structure in these paintings make him a bridge to a new vision and the vision itself.

Heart Vision Soul Bridge Night Down

Dogs are a really amazing eye opener for us humans because their lives are compressed into such a short period, so we can see them go from puppyhood to adolescence to strong adulthood and then into their sunset years in 10 to 12 years. It really drives home the point of how finite all our lives are.

Home Sunset Amazing Eye Strong Go

I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.

Leadership Leader People Think You

I met some lifelong friends doing 'The Archers.'

Friends Doing Lifelong Some Met

I actually love Twitter and Instagram. I do think it's so strange to think that 20 years ago, people would never have known personal stuff about musicians and actors, but I like it. As long as I don't obsessively overshare, it's OK. And when I do overshare, it's just, like, me saying, 'I've got $7 in my bank account!'

Love People Me Saying Think Long

We cannot pretend we do not have problems; we cannot pretend things are not wrong in our country. A lot of things are wrong.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Problems Country Wrong Pretend Our

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

World Devil Long Neck Keep Foot

Women's emotions are constantly labeled. Any slight deviation from 'pleasantness,' and we are labeled as hysterical. When we are angry, sad, depressed, or manic, we are immediately seen as unfeminine or ugly or weak.

Women Sad Angry Ugly Emotions Weak

Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.

Practice Skill Little Kids Should

And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody.

Great Me Help Sometimes Way Poet

I think I will never stop working with music; it has become a part of who I am.

Music I Am Think Stop Become Never

The less you have on your face, the less there is to go wrong.

Face You Wrong Go Your Less

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