Seamus Heaney I think childhood is, generally speaking, a preparation for disappointment. – Seamus Heaney Childhood Quotes Disappointment Quotes Preparation Quotes Speaking Quotes I think the first little jolt I got was reading Gerard Manley Hopkins – I liked other poems… but Hopkins was kind of electric for me – he changed the rules with speech, and the whole intensity of the language was there and so on. The day I entered St Columb’s College, my parents bought me a Conway Stewart pen. It was a special afternoon, of course. We were going to be parting that evening; they were aware of it, I was aware of it, nothing much was said about it.
Ryan Reynolds When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. – Ryan Reynolds
Craig Revel Horwood Sports men and women need hip replacements. It was all those years of classical ballet and forcing turn-outs. It can be quite detrimental to your body. – Craig Revel Horwood
Samuel E Morison If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife. – Samuel E Morison
Neve McIntosh For a little while there, I was thinking, ‘I don’t want to be in anything on British TV’. I didn’t watch any of it because it was rubbish. – Neve McIntosh
Barry Humphries Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it’s use of language. We have at our disposal a great language… and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour. – Barry Humphries
ArchitectureCoolNyjah Huston We literally see things so differently, all the architecture and stuff. That’s the cool part about skateboarding. We’re out there skating stuff that’s not meant to be skated. – Nyjah Huston
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