Alice Oswald I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence falling to pieces. – Alice Oswald Falling Quotes Greek Quotes Language Quotes Latin Quotes Loved Quotes Pattern Quotes Pieces Quotes Preferred Quotes Sentence Quotes Shift Quotes Word Quotes One night, I lay awake for hours, just terrified. When the dawn finally came up – the comfortable blue sky, the familiar world returning – I could think of no other way to express my relief than through poetry. I made a decision there and then that it was what I wanted to do. Every time I pulled a wishbone, it was what I asked for. There’s a lot of rage in my head. I like the friction that means there is nothing relaxing about writing a poem. I can’t afford to relax in any area of life. You have to keep your senses awake to all the complacency that kicks in – particularly for the English.
H Robert Horvitz My scientific pursuits have led to many opportunities and responsibilities beyond those of simply doing research. For example, as a beginning graduate student, it never occurred to me that the life of a scientist could involve so much travel, something that I have always loved. – H Robert Horvitz
Ralph SteadmanSad It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become. – Ralph Steadman
Erich Fromm Just as love is an orientation which refers to all objects and is incompatible with the restriction to one object, so is reason a human faculty which must embrace the whole of the world with which man is confronted. – Erich Fromm
Ryan Holmes For some people, staying grounded means doing yoga. For others, it’s spending time with family. Social media, too, can be a lifesaver. – Ryan Holmes
Parvathy I have been shocked at some senior actors who made lewd comments on my body. They think it is normal, and in fact, I thought it was normal. But, much later, I failed to see how that is a normal thing. – Parvathy
Charles Forsman I was really into music, but I thought, ‘Comics are great, I should get back into that.’ – Charles Forsman
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