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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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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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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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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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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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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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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If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
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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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There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself.
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if have got my spindle and my distaff ready--my pen and mind--never doubting for an instant that God will send me flax.
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If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.
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Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard.
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I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.
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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.
