"Poetry and prayer are very similar"

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Source : "Christmas Carol" by Hephzibah Anderson, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2005.

Carol Ann Duffy

“Why was there not massive civil disobedience against this anti-Christian discrimination, as there was against segregation?”
“All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature.”
“It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try to be part of it. Whether you thought you were an artist, whether you thought you could be a DJ, whether you thought you could breakdance, or whether you thought you could rap. It was the kind of culture that had a lot of open doors.”
“I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.”
“Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.”
“Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.”
“Every human being needs to feel safe and secure in their life.”

Source : "Kether Donohue explains Lindsay's violent outburst on You're The Worst". Interview with Esther Zuckerman, www.avclub.com. August 31, 2016.
“I think coughing up slugs was quite hard. Ron has a scene where he has to cough up these giant slugs. I had this giant slug in my mouth loaded with slime and I spat them out. I think it was plastic. I hope it was plastic.”

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