#par

And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#been #everybody #great #great passions #happens

And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#because #better #boring #drooping #dry

But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#influenced #job #many #particular #person

It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#because #breathing #conversation #having #like

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be. ↗

— Elaine MacDonald

#coaching #compares #helps #how #life

The principle part of faith is patience. ↗

— George MacDonald

#part #patience #principle

I don't think my parents know what I do. ↗

— John Malkovich

#i do #know #parents #think

It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway. ↗

— Peter MacKay

#leadership #our #party #underway

There are certainly good examples of incredibly brilliant, beautiful music that has been made commercially available and sold everywhere. But I would say that, for the most part, quantity certainly does not speak well for quality. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#beautiful #beautiful music #been #brilliant #certainly

I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly don't have any routine. Usually the only time I practice is when the band gets together. Hendrix has always been one of my favorite players, but I was a sucker for Nugent in the late 1970's. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#always #any #band #been #certainly