Fanny Howe Quotes

In poetry, I have, since very young, loved poetry in translation. The Chinese, the French, the Russians, Italians, Indians and early Celts: the formality of the translator's voice, their measured breath and anxiety moves me as it lingers over the original.

Fanny Howe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 15, 1940

Topics

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I have a secret passion for horse riding. I haven't done it for ages, but I used to have a horse. I love it; it's one of my favourite things.

Jess Glynne

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The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

John Buchan

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I probably should have had a little more tolerance with Jimmy Johnson. Seriously.

Jerry Jones

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I think it's weird that they're trying to make us be negative about 'Sex and the City'... Not HBO, but the press. Really, they're dying for us to say something negative about 'Sex and the City.'

Jennifer Konner

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Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.

John Stossel

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I love Indian food. London also has great Indian food.

Stephen Pagliuca

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If you're not getting work, make your own work. I think that's a good mentality. I suppose I take my drive from my mother and my practicality from my father.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

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In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.

Tom Hodgkinson

AgeSimpleYouNowWantPleasure

Joe McGinniss will be remembered as a talented man. He changed political writing forever in 1968. We differed on many things, but he had a good heart.

Roger Ailes

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I think you can be conservative and fight for what you believe in without being mean-spirited or bash people or be ugly about it.

Mike Gallagher

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People don't get involved with local charities or politics because they think it's hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I've time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it's still worth doing.

Monica Ali

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When we first started, me and Rowan hated each other. I don't know what it was. We just didn't get along. We were forced to room together.

Luke Harper

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