Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

I still have a feeling that I haven't written the best that I can write. I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things.

Carol Ann Duffy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.

Jimmy Cliff

I AmBelieveArtistDoneWantAct

Writing about Jerusalem can be such a minefield.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

WritingJerusalemAbout

As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.

Robert Caro

LifeFeelYouNewSometimesGet

Safer cities generally mean stronger urban economies.

Roger Altman

StrongerMeanUrbanCitiesSafer

I knew that I was going to do Westerns. I like 'em.

Luke Perry

GoingLikeKnewWesterns

Money's never an issue. I can go and work for a small studio theatre somewhere if it's a play I really care about, or do TV or a big commercial West End show.

Conleth Hill

WorkMoneyTheatreSmallCareEnd

Endings are not my thing.

Allison Pearson

EndingsThing

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Winston Churchill

StrengthManStrongKnowSaySilent

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

Alfred Hitchcock

WorkTimeMeSomeoneYouBack

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

William Morris

LifeInspirationalJewelsStrand

Well, I have a farm in Vermont that's my main residence, where I do lots of digging and mowing, and ride tractors - just so you don't get the wrong idea that I'm too girlie!

Tim Daly

RideFarmYouWrongWellGet

When I was growing up, I was regularly involved in local activities such as food collections, food kitchens, and other initiatives.

Rex Tillerson

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