David Whyte Quotes
Honesty allows us to live with not knowing. We do not know the full story; we do not know where we are in the story. We do not know who, ultimately, is at fault or who will carry the blame in the end.
Quotes to Explore
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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'Sicario' was successful, but it was successful because Denis and the producers were, you know, they were very lean. It was very lean filmmaking.
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Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
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Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.
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Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws make higher education - a virtual requirement for financial security - out of reach for more than one million undocumented students.
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You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
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Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.
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Common participation in the Eucharist can only be a final outcome of ecumenic dialogue, not the starting point.
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We've become so successful that it's become a machine: There's a lot of people relying on you. You've got 100 people out on the road and working for you. You want to stay at the top.
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Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I'm interested in doing real sports.
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Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?
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I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.
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Honesty allows us to live with not knowing. We do not know the full story; we do not know where we are in the story. We do not know who, ultimately, is at fault or who will carry the blame in the end.
