Roger Rees

Some of the finest Shakespeare has been done recently by college theater programs. I'll tell you what these young kids have: They have a natural authority in Shakespeare. They feel a right to do it. And once they honor the humanity of it, the rhythm of the verse comes with it.

Welsh Actor

Alejandro Amenabar

I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.

Spanish Director

Dylan Thomas

As I read more and more - and it was not all verse, by any means - my love for the real life of words increased until I knew that I must live with them and in them, always. I knew, in fact, that I must be a writer of words, and nothing else.

Welsh Poet

Anna Quindlen

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.

American Journalist

Pras Michel

The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just went in, messed around and ended up doing the hook too.

Haitian Musician

Edna St. Vincent Millay

I've written so many verses and keep on writing so many more that I became afraid that if I didn't write them into one big book, I might forget some of them.

American Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

American Philosopher

Denis Johnson

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first.

German Writer

Fatema Mernissi

You find in the Koran hundreds of verses to support women's rights, and perhaps four or five that do not.

Moroccan Activist

Jane O'Meara Sanders

Democracy is not always chapter and verse, written out in advance.

American Educator

The 'verse' in songs often sets up the story or theme before the chorus

Song Structure

'Verses' provide different perspectives or events in songs and poems

Multiple Verses

A 'verse' in the Bible is often cited to support moral and spiritual discussions

Biblical Reference

When quoting a 'Bible verse', being precise is important since each verse has a specific number

Precision

'Verses' in poetry often express emotions and personal feelings vividly

Emotional Expression

Poets use 'verses' to create strong imagery or convey complex metaphors

Imagery and Metaphor

The verb 'to verse' means to update one's knowledge or keep informed

Knowledge Update

Use 'verse' as a verb when seeking to improve or gain expertise in an area

Self-Improvement

 always learn from others. Never cease trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control. If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to the things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you have control. Then I ran across this simple verse that said,

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 and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order. At some point, the order became set in stone

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 fact once you get your eye in there's dozens of the verses oh yeah you see how the actual wave always crashing below and clear water yeah and I'm obvious I know it's such a bizarre sight you know I've filmed primates all over the world but there's nowhere that it's like this you know

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 In the next few years, more and more messages came, and he memorized and taught them. The verses he recited were full of wise sayings, beautiful rhymes, and mysterious metaphors. But Muhammad was a merchant, not a poet. Many agreed the verses were indeed the words of God,

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 But there might be another reason. The next time you're in a heightened emotional situation, like the ones that make Shakespeare's characters burst into verse, put your hand over the left side of your chest. What do you feel? That's your heart beating in iambs.

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 My church's antics were such that we were constantly at odds with the world, and that reinforced our otherness on a daily basis. "Make a difference between the unclean and the clean," the verse says, and so we did. From baseball games to military funerals,

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 but most importantly the Islamic University that I attended I met a young Islamic scholar who would challenge my interpretations I spent a year and a half with him we went over chapter and verse of what extremists use cherry-pick

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 I do like to make the point that we in global society, we are never as different as the appearances may suggest. So, if you will indulge me, I will share quickly with you a bit of verse,

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 More importantly, the verses in the Koran that are connected to jihad or fighting do not cancel out the verses that talk about forgiveness, benevolence or patience.

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 he talks about providence over and over again providence always helping him but amazingly a verse from robert's service came into his head which is