#iona

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#deal #events #going #great #great deal

Well, it's a badge of honour for any self-respecting poet to be criticized by Auberon Waugh. But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#badge #big #big deal #both #conventional

I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#constitutional #i #i think #many #mean

The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#afghanistan #been #being #damned #denounced

When you're suddenly pregnant and no one is standing by your side, even if you're in your 30s, it's a hard conversation. I'm a traditional girl, and I believe in marriage, and I just always thought that's the way I'd be doing this. ↗

— Bridget Moynahan

#believe #conversation #doing #even #girl

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational. ↗

— Roger Mudd

#becomes #between #confrontational #constitution #designed

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter. ↗

— Lisa Murkowski

#country #economic #energy #energy production #forward

I take work very seriously and telling the truth in my job and professionalism. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#job #professionalism #seriously #take #telling

I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year. You can do that any time you please - not that it's not a good inspirational tactic for the people that it works for. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#change #for the people #good #happen #i

I think they should take everyone who works for The National Enquirer and the Star, and everyone who works for Us Weekly, and put them all to work looking for terrorists. I think they would find the terrorists. All of them. It would be genius! ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#everyone #find #genius #i #i think