#ms

Pretty much the day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been few and far between came back to me, like birds in the evening nesting in a tree. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#been #being #between #birds #came

The best public poems aren't necessarily those that go at the subject like a bull at a gate. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#bull #gate #go #like #necessarily

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

Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#appears #because #complex #different #extremely

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#civil #civil disobedience #claims #consciously #disobedience

Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves. ↗

— John Motson

#good #like #pitch #playing #round

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy. ↗

— Tertullian

#indeed #philosophy #themselves

In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#disparity #earnings #greater #poor #real

At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#competitions #could #credit #discover #english

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#hate #i #individuals #players #speak