W. H. Auden Quotes
Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
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I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.
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I knew a ton of actors and was friends with them, but I never dated actresses. I tried to date 'normal' people because the Hollywood dating rule is 'one star per couple' because it's quite a challenge to match the egos of two actors.
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I love the Americans. They are my best friends.
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A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first.
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Unlike most youngsters who have school as their 'second home' where they meet and make friends, for me playtime has been at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. When I am not playing a tournament, my days are spent at the Academy with my coaches, physiotherapists and colleagues, who are like family. We laugh and have so much fun.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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The only way I hear gossip is if it's big enough and loud enough for my friends to bring it up to me. Or if it's, like, a big untrue ordeal from my publicist – and she hates making that phone call!
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I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.
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I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed.
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They can say I have an opinion about something.
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I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so young with the music thing and I had my parents always on the road with me. So at a time when I think I should have been rebelling, like in high school, they were actually my best friends.
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I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians; I hear music all the time. But I don't have my own collection of music.
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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I feel creatively vibrant. I have some great friends; I feel like I'm capable of giving a lot to the world. And ultimately, that's what I really care about, is just giving.
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Some days I wouldn't even go to class. I'd sit in the room and play video games with my friends and eat powdered mashed potatoes.
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I enjoy celebrating Valentine's Day. It's a nice way to say you're thinking about your family, someone special, or dear friends.
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I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it.
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He was looking at her from behind the smiling that wasn't smiling but was something you were not supposed to see beyond.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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What if you could radically alter the way stories get told? What if the way people wanted to consume content actually changed what you could make?
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Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
