Laura Riding Quotes

The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give pleasure to the mind... The end of poetry is not an after-effect, not a pleasurable memory of itself, but an immediate, constant and even unpleasant insistence upon itself.

Laura Riding

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1901 - September 2, 1991

Topics

PoetryMemoryMindEndCreateGive

Then we tried to come up with ideas for the sketches, and then, when we actually shot the movie, we really just sat down - never previewed the movie - we just really winged it.

Joel Hodgson

IdeasDownNeverUpComeJust

What was once a fringe idea - finding a way to use the record levels of overseas capital to finance new projects in the United States - is now mainstream. The support is there; we just have to work out the details.

John Delaney

WorkFinanceSupportDetailsFinding

My career is based primarily upon finding a balance with a director and their vision, and that means sublimating my own personal ego toward their material.

Robert Richardson

VisionBalanceEgoFindingCareer

There are a lot of rules in cities that were designed to protect a particular incumbent, but not to move a city's constituents, a city's citizens, and the city itself, forward. And that's a problem.

Travis Kalanick

CityForwardProblemRulesProtect

You can count my interviews this season on one hand, so maybe when I do speak, people want to turn it into something sensational.

Robin Van Persie

PeopleSpeakYouWantHandTurn

I just love learning about the way people used to live their lives, and I think what also ties into that is psychology, because I like knowing why people do certain things.

Molly Quinn

LoveLearningLivePeopleThinkWhy

In America, people focus on the end result; they focus on the star.

Joshua Waitzkin

FocusPeopleEndAmericaResult

I like to look like a tomboy during the day and then a pin-up girl at night.

Josephine de La Baume

GirlDayNightLookTomboyLike

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.

Don Henley

PastMindDoingThreeTwoEagles

When you're doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do what's expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.

Dick Costolo

LoveHabitYourselfDoingYouLook

I am lucky that people recognise me wherever I go, but that makes it tough for me to shop.

Divyanka Tripathi

I AmPeopleMeToughGoLucky

When I first got into acting, I never had any long-term goals, never had any plan. I just thought it would be a good way to make some extra money.

Dennis Farina

GoodGoalsMoneyThoughtPlanWay

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