C. Day Lewis Quotes

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.

C. Day Lewis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 27, 1904 - May 22, 1972

Topics

MindDownDeskWriteFirstNeed

There are a lot of Israeli musicians in New York because you want to grow and go onstage, and eventually you have to get out of Israel to do that because there aren't enough places to play.

Anat Cohen

New YorkGrowMusiciansEnoughYou

I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than ever, love what I do.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

LoveBusinessThinkPrivilegeMore

They're my instructors, and every parent will understand that.

Jeffrey Tambor

ParentUnderstandWillEvery

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Jean de La Fontaine

LifeFriendshipShadowSunEvening

There are a lot of things that government doesn't do well. One of things that government does do well is build stuff.

Mick Cornett

GovernmentBuildThingsWellStuff

On-demand ridesharing can make cities less congested and polluted and free up resources. Shared rides can become so affordable that they cost the same as a bus ride today.

Logan Green

TodayRideFreeBecomeResourcesUp

That's the thing about TV: it gives you so much time to tell your story; it's comparable to comics.

Cheo Hodari Coker

TimeStoryYouTellYourComics

My skirt fell off on stage during a performance of Hairspray on Broadway, revealing my fat suit over my own natural fat suit. I turned to the audience and said, 'Now you know why I spent six years in a square.'

Bruce Vilanch

PerformanceFatYouKnowSaidWhy

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.

Annie Lennox

BeautyPainLookPlacePersonalOwn

Everybody can't have the life of a normal, average American person in India - they can't. So, it's about egalitarianism. It's about sharing things more equally. It's about access to natural resources.

Arundhati Roy

LifeAmericanIndiaPersonSharing

I want to challenge myself, challenge my styles.

Two Chainz

MyselfChallengeWantStyles

A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something.

Tim Reid

ExperienceFeelYouMotivateFilm

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