#ten

If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn't lived in vain. Great poets might expect the whole body of their work, but most of us - well, I would settle for a handful. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#die #feel #hadn #i #lived

There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and written very well at the same time. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#examples #good #had #lives #out

When you're being looked at very hard, it's very hard to look back. And that made me stop paying attention to the world in a way that allowed me then to write about it. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#allowed #attention #back #being #hard

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#enough #extent #i #legal #live

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#developing #even #force #gold #itself

So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album. ↗

— Sonny Terry

#album #big #bought #cotton #curve

It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#column #dear #got #i #nothing

I listen to myself, I listen to my body, my mind; I follow my heart. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#follow #heart #i #listen #mind

The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#moral #play #stick #story #tell

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#basketball #because #championship #disease #i