Eavan Boland Quotes

I didn't know how to weigh ideas about poetry. Nothing in the life I lived as a student - and later as wife and mother at the suburban edge of Dublin - suggested I had the wherewithal to do so. But I did have a unit of measurement. It was the measure of my own life.

Eavan Boland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: September 24, 1944

Topics

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If I was so establishment, I don't think Our Revolution... would actually endorse me.

Jimmy Gomez

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When you stop thinking about something, the idea comes to you. It seems to work.

Jim Rash

WorkThinkingYouStopSomething

I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.

Jehane Noujaim

PeopleDislikeFilmMakeAbout

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

John Milton

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Our best hits are real-estate stories, going back to our first, JoJo in 1991.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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The easiest thing that is done, unfortunately, in Washington is to spend money today and send the bill to our children and grandchildren.

Jeb Hensarling

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I'm still amazed people remembered and didn't give up on me.

Solomon Burke

PeopleMeUpRememberedGiveStill

For the most part, I like to record music as I write it.

Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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I haven't let Washington change me.

Ron DeSantis

ChangeMeWashington

Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people.

Ron Moody

JobPeopleThinkDoingI CanNow

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of actually visiting the Playboy Mansion. I saw the peacocks, fed grapes to the monkeys, and even braved the fabled Grotto. After seeing the estate, I understood why anyone would be reluctant to leave.

Diablo Cody

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No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in which character is forged and revealed.

Brad Stone

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