#we

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

— Roger McGough

#onto #people #poems #put #straight

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

#became #because #carrying #different #easier

As far as I can see women who have facelifts don't look younger, just weirder. You see them on screen with these tight, little porcelain faces - then the hand goes up to the face and it looks like it belongs to an alien. I find it really freaky. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#as far as #belongs #face #faces #far

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

— Elizabeth McGovern

#down #films #i #opportunity #some

I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#actively #being #being pregnant #certainly #ecstatic

My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#classical music #family #found #i #intimidating

Well, when I moved to England I was making a lot of personal adjustments because I was getting married and starting a family, that sort of thing. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#england #family #getting #getting married #i

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America. ↗

— George McGovern

#come #deception #high #high places #home

I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets. ↗

— George McGovern

#combat #defended #europe #factories #flew

It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well. ↗

— George McGovern

#good #good man #man #orator #really