Ian Hamilton Finlay Quotes

As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: October 28, 1925 - March 27, 2006

Topics

I CanSometimesWriteConcreteWould

I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.

Joe Namath

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There's nothing I have to hide or defend. I'm gonna live my life. And there are times when people wanna try to attack me, and I don't know why, but they will. And that's okay.

Angelina Jolie

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It's not a natural translation, transition, to take something from stage to screen. Onstage your action is communicated through the spoken word primarily, and on screen it's communicated through pictures. So it's always been kind of unnatural to take something that lives on the stage and turn it into moving pictures.

Tracy Letts

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I didn't know, at 22, that everything that happens to you, the good stuff as well as the less-good stuff, accrues and becomes your life.

Rumaan Alam

LifeGoodYouKnowEverythingWell

If people pay money to see you, they have to cheer. They can't boo, or else they're chumping themselves.

Mike D

MoneyPeopleYouPaySeeCheer

My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.'

Mitch Leigh

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I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.

Jose Padilha

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What you've done is done. You've got a goal you never reach, and it's always farther away. It keeps you walking. I don't want to sit down.

Christopher Lambert

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You know how big love is? Love is big. love can hold anger; love can even hold hatred.

Alice Walker

LoveAngerLove IsYouKnowHatred

While a reverse mortgage can indeed be a viable way to generate income, it is very important to understand that after you take out a reverse mortgage, you will still be responsible for paying the property tax, the insurance premium, and all the maintenance costs for your home.

Suze Orman

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Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies.

Thomas Sowell

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Everything needs to be lampooned. I believe that there's not any sacred ground.

Thomas Middleditch

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