"I work hard to make the poems as good as they can be, and if they're not good enough I scrap them. I find it difficult after a gap of a few years to tinker - I'm more likely to destroy."

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Source : Source: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk

Michael Longley

#Hard Work Quotes #Years Quotes #Not Good Enough Quotes

“When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that's plagiarism, that's taking other people's music.”
“I have both experienced and witnessed a great deal of suffering in my life, and that has informed my art. I'm here today, because I'm a fighter. I didn't survive my life to ask permission to write my books.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“Being a first-rounder is a dream. You want to be mentioned as a first-rounder, the best of the best.”
“The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.”
“Never call your broker on Monday. Out of courtesy and common sense, wait until Tuesday. A good broker is focused on the opening of the market - at home and around the world - and on getting back into a business frame of mind after the weekend.”
“It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.”
“The mind is susceptible to suggestions. It learns whatever you teach it.”
“What Death protects can't be harmed and baby, you're the only thing I protect - Dank, Predestined”

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