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I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.


Andrew Motion

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ANDREW YOUNG And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time.
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ANDREW JACKSON It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.
ANDREW YOUNG Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the...
ANDREW CARNEGIE Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes.
ANDREW HELLER Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
ANDREW JACKSON Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people.
ANDREW YOUNG The main doctrine of a fanatic's creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God
ANDREW WHITE Dav­el­lon may be a vil­lage, but the Dav­el­lon House can be any­thing you make it. No­bil­...
ANDREW ASHLING The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
ANDREW JACKSON The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire his...
ANDREW ROSS Two Paradises t'were in one, to live in Paradise alone.
ANDREW MARVELL Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your acti...
ANDREW JACKSON One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
ANDREW CARNEGIE You can cover a great deal of country in books.
ANDREW LANG Most people are overconfident about their own abilities. That is probably a good thing. But we would...
ANDREW LO When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, b...
ANDREW SHUE I don't think Albert Einstein could have devised an equation to guide the leader of the free wor...
ANDREW BREITBART As an American, you have a right to good health care that is effective, accessible, and affordable, ...
ANDREW WEIL You can't afford to get sick, and you can't depend on the present health care system to keep...
ANDREW WEIL Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and nat...
ANDREW YOUNG 'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotiona...
ANDREW DAVIES Datelines are kind of an anachronism. It's a little bit of an affectation.
ANDREW ROSENTHAL I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means th...
ANDREW WILES Novelists are no more moral or certain than anybody else; we are ideologically adrift, and if we are...
ANDREW O'HAGAN As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid.
ANDREW GARFIELD Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my her...
ANDREW VACHSS