Eavan Boland Quotes

As far as I was concerned, it was the absence of women in the poetic tradition which allowed women in the poems to be simplified. The voice of a woman poet would, I was sure, have precluded such distortion. It did not exist.

Eavan Boland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I leave a $100 bill and a note to the housekeeper at every hotel I've ever been in. It's important to write that they're recognized and appreciated.

Jim Irsay

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People think I'm clever, which is hilarious. I'm like, 'When did this happen? People used to think I couldn't string a sentence together.'

Maxine Peake

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I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.

Ang Lee

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Everything is as it was, I discover when I reach my destination, and everything has changed.

Michael Frayn

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I don't vacation on the water. I'm a pale-skinned redhead; I get sunburned out there. I'm a little frightened of the ocean, in fact. But I just know there's great drama out there.

Ron Howard

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I think, with Obama and the progressives, you've seen a massive expansion of big government, and it's all based on a moral premise. The moral premise is that wealth is theft. And I don't just mean the wealth of America, I mean, your wealth, my wealth.

Dinesh D'Souza

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I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be a model.

Delta Burke

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I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

Cindy Crawford

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If you come in this league, and you're comfortable with being a backup, something's wrong.

Brock Osweiler

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I don't have any regrets in my life actually. I think that's a pretty good policy.

Brooke Burke

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I studied film scoring and orchestration and conducting and arranging in my twenties, and I scored a lot of television shows and other things.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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If it's a good movie, it's a good movie. I don't care about the genres.

Astro

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