Wendy Cope Quotes

The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour, and some of them do keep it out of their poems because they're afraid of being seen as light versifiers.

Wendy Cope

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 21, 1945

Topics

LightInterestingYouMeetHumour

The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world.

Jenny Shipley

HomeHopeDecisionStormWorld

In terms of energy sectors, we need coal; we need oil; we need gas; we need uranium. And we need to have rules and regulations that allow those companies to stay in business.

Matt Mead

BusinessEnergyRulesOilNeedStay

Writing is a form of activism.

Angie Thomas

WritingActivismForm

All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need to know that if something happens to them, their families will be well taken care of. That's the bond we have with our military men and women and their families.

Jeff Sessions

WomenMenBondCareCountryKnow

Writing about Jerusalem can be such a minefield.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

WritingJerusalemAbout

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.

Simone de Beauvoir

RetirementRejectionHolidayMay

I always wrote stories, but I do remember a particular moment in middle school where I became passionate about essay writing.

Rupi Kaur

MomentSchoolWritingRememberWhere

You can do a whole scene in acting without ever checking in to what the other guy is saying - it's not going to come off great, but you can get through the scene - whereas in improv, that's gonna be impossible.

Matt Besser

GreatSayingImpossibleYouActing

I don't really use emojis. Is that weird? In the time it takes for me to even find the flexed-arm emoji, I could just type that I'm at the gym.

Ross Butler

TimeMeWeirdGymFindJust

Well lately I have listening to a lot of movie soundtracks.

Mike Lowry

ListeningWellMovieLotLately

Since I am an avid singer and a lot of my fans want to hear me sing, I thought it will be really nice to sing my songs online so that more people could watch me, and I thought digital is the best way to connect with everyone.

Mohit Chauhan

BestI AmPeopleMeThoughtNice

Most people remember being 4 objectively, as if they're seeing a movie of a 4-year-old. But me, if you ask me to think about when I'm 4, I can feel myself being 4, and I am there, looking out through my 4-year-old eyes.

Lois Lowry

EyesMyselfI AmPeopleMeLooking

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