"But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others."

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Source : "Laureate and hardy". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2002.

Andrew Motion

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“When you look at a person who's different and see Yourself, then you begin to understand who and what God really is.”
“I think that every job that you can save is important. Every job that you can create is very important and it should not be the number one reason why we invest in infrastructure to create jobs.”
“There is no greater punishment than that of being abandoned to one's self.”
“God’s love for the biggest sinner is greater than the love of the holiest man for God”
“All those years I fell for the great palace lie that grief should be gotten over as quickly as possible and as privately. But, what I've discovered is that the lifelong fear of grief keeps us in a barren, isolated place, and that only grieving can heal grief. The passage of time will lessen the acuteness, but time alone, without the direct experience of grief, will not heal it.”
“Certainly the modern poets I cherish most are disturbing spirits; they do not come to coo.”
“Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.”
“There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.”

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