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People can put their best poems straight onto the web. ↗

— Roger McGough

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Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it. ↗

— Roger McGough

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Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together. ↗

— Roger McGough

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I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

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I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and deeper into it, because you only have a chance to do that once or twice in a career. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

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I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

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I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

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Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind. ↗

— George McGovern

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The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. ↗

— George McGovern

#acceptance #blind #call #country #deep

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. ↗

— George McGovern

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