"I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem."

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Carol Ann Duffy

#Writing Quotes #Poetry Quotes

“I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It seems the Republican obsession with being pro-life lasts about nine months. After that, it's each baby for herself.”

Source : "Republicans: What About Children Outside the Womb?" by Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2012.
“I really like to just jump in a truck with your backpack and just drive and go somewhere.”

Source : Interview with Lori Blackman, www.edition.cnn.com. August 9, 2000.
“...Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contradiction between a symbolic self, that seems to give man infinite worth in a timeless scheme of things, and a body that is worth about 98Â¢.”
“This, then, is the ultimate, that is only, consolation: simply that someone shares some of your own feelings and has made of these a work of art which you have the insight, sensitivity, and â€” like it or not â€” peculiar set of experiences to appreciate. Amazing thing to say, the consolation of horror in art is that it actually intensifies our panic, loudens it on the sounding-board of our horror-hollowed hearts, turns terror up full blast, all the while reaching for that perfect and deafening amplitude at which we may dance to the bizarre music of our own misery.”
“The concept of 'talent' is formed under completely abstract criteria, having nothing in common with reality. But the reality is such that I don't understand chess as a whole. But then again no one understands chess in its entirety. Perhaps talent is something else, in chess it is conditionality.”
“The best role is always ahead.”

Source : "Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles". Book by Kathleen Turner, www.today.com. 2008.
“While we pay lip service to the virtues of reading, the truth is that there is still in our culture something that suspects those who read too much, whatever reading too much means, of being lazy, aimless dreamers, people who need to grow up and come outside to where real life is, who think themselves superior in their separateness.”
“We can either save the planet from catastrophic warming, or protect fossil fuel CEOs. Not both. Do the math(s)”

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