W. H. Auden Quotes

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists

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• If you start lifting weights, you will expect to put weight on, as muscle is heavier than fat. But you have to look more at your body shape - you will get heavier - but you might get smaller and heavier at the same time, which is fine. And it doesn't really matter what you weigh as long as you are happy with your shape and size!

  

  Victoria Pendleton
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  • Happy

• Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
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• What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?

  

  Hans Rosling
  • World
  • Power
  • War

• I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.

  

  Yuna
  • World
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  • God

• You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

  

  M. Scott Peck
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  • You
  • Same

• Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory.

  

  Zhang Yimou
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  • Deep

• The first time you win, nobody picks you; the last time you win, nobody picks you. You've just got to pick yourself.

  

  Venus Williams
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  • Yourself
  • Win

• Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.

  

  W. Averell Harriman
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  • Change

• True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!

  

  Dada Vaswani
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  • For Him
  • True Love

• Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.

  

  Pat Robertson
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• Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She is really an incredible woman. She is so kind. She doesn't have one mean bone in her body, and she is the funniest woman in the room always. And you'll never hear one complaint from her.

  

  Odette Annable
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• I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.

  

  Victoria Pratt
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• If the Chinese will not learn the true principles of government, all else will be useless. Knowledge is power, and although a country may be weak, still, if it possess but a modicum of knowledge, the enemy will not be able to completely overthrow it; although that country may be in danger, the race will not be extirpated.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Country
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• Something must be done to save humanity! A better world is possible!

  

  Fidel Castro
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• The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Business
  • True
  • Strong

• I'm attracted to men who just love what they do, have confidence in what they do and have potential to be on their own if they need to be.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • Men
  • Confidence
  • Potential

• I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.

  

  Maluma
  • Time
  • Good
  • Heart

• By the time we enter this work world and we're breadwinners, we enter a world that's just cluttered with spam, fake, digital friends, partisan media, ingenious identity thieves, world-class Ponzi schemers - a deception epidemic.

  

  Pamela Meyer
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• Women and men look at their life, and women say, 'What do I need? Do I need more money, or do I need more time?' And women are intelligent enough to say, 'I need more time.' And so, women lead balanced lives; men should be learning from women.

  

  Warren Farrell
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  • Time
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• If anything, the bailouts actually hindered lending, as banks became more like house pets that grow fat and lazy on two guaranteed meals a day than wild animals that have to go out into the jungle and hunt for opportunities in order to eat.

  

  Matt Taibbi
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• He took over, and he said: 'If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.'

  

  Lee Kuan Yew

• Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. It was a story that never failed to excite me, for as well as being a Dickens enthusiast, I have always loved ghost stories.

  

  John Boyne
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  • December

• I tell you that I have nothing more to wish for. They were extremely pleased with my pictures, and expressed great satisfaction not only the King, but the Prince as well. Neither I nor my works deserve such recognition.

  

  Francisco Goya
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  • King

• The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists

  

  W. H. Auden
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