Wallace Stevens Quotes
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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'In My Hands,' the title track, is my very first vocal attempt, and I'm not a singer as such. But I've always wanted to express myself vocally on my albums, and I don't really have much of a capability for singing. The strength is in, I think, the lyrics and just speaking. It just comes from inside.
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Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.
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In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.
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I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
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I have no idea what 'method actor' means.
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When somebody keeps telling you, 'This book is amazing,' you sort of have this pleasing instinct to say, 'Oh, let me make you happy again; let me do that trick again.'
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You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.
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Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.
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A man is himself important precisely in proportion that all things seem important to him.
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If a segment of one's force is located where it is not sufficiently busy with the enemy, or if the troops are on the march - that is, idle - while the enemy is fighting, then these forces are being managed uneconomically. In this sense they are being wasted, which is even worse than using them inappropriately.
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But from a deeper perspective (speaking both objectively and subjectively), thoughts simply arise unauthored and yet author our actions.
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You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.
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Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.
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When I was at high school, I used to pretend that I had work, and I would go and tell the head of school that I, like, really needed to leave, and I was really stressed out because I had work.
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For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising.
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The first idea is an imagined thing.
