"Itâ€™s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But itâ€™s kind of unkillable, poetry. Itâ€™s our most ancient artform and I think itâ€™s more relevant today than ever, because itâ€™s one person saying what they really believe."

-- Simon Armitage

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Today Quotes

“If you want to steal, steal a little in a nice way. But if you steal too much to become rich overnight, you'll be caught.”
“Fiction may be, whatever else, an exercise in the capacity for imaginative love, or sympathy, or identification,”
“I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.”
“God wiped snot out of his nose and that was you.”
“The mishandling of food and equipment with panache was always admired; to some extent, this remains true to this day. Butchers still slap down prime cuts with just a little more force and noise than necessary. Line cooks can't help putting a little English on outgoing plates, spinning them into the pass-through with reverse motion so they curl back just short of the edge. Oven doors in most kitchens have to be constantly tightened because of repeatedly being kicked closed by clog-shod feet. And all of us dearly love to play with knives.”
“I never had a “project.” I would go out and shoot, follow my eyes... I tried to capture with my camera, for others to see.”
“I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.”
“I'm so tired of talking about Warren Buffett.”

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