Quote by Andrew Motion
Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither t

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear. – Andrew Motion

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In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry. – Andrew Motion

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Poetry
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I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I dont make enough money. – Andrew Motion

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finance
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While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of difficult poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and theres room for difficult poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry wont be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice. – Andrew Motion

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Other Quotes from
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The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift. – Ellen DeGeneres

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Fear

I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances. – Robert Fulghum

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Fear

The thing I fear most is fear. – Michel de Montaigne

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Fear

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts. – Kristen Wiig

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Fear

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Refuse the evil, and choose the good. Isaiah 7:15 – Bible

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Choice

You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced were in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that weve got to do something about the unemployed. – Ronald Reagan

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Food

The poet needs to admire; he is in a merely human sense the high priest of the true, the beautiful, the grand. On whatever side he spreads his wings it is his mission to bear the universal homage to these worthy objects, or to some ideas of them. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. – Rita Mae Brown

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Experience