W. H. Auden Quotes
It is, for example, axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.
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You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time.
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The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.
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The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
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We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.
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Here's my whole marketing idea: treat people the way you want to be treated.
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I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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Unlike the stereotypical author, I've never had a job as a short-order cook, but I love cooking hot breakfasts for lots of people, juggling the eggs and the bacon and the tomatoes and the fried potatoes and so on.
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I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.
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The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
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No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
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The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the thoughts and actions around me.
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Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.
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I suppose popularity is measured by ratings. If a broadcaster is known as the leader because of ratings, then that's where people most want to be seen and heard, so there's no question that there's an advantage.
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It drives me crazy when people talk about the scale as an indicator of health, because your weight doesn't tell you what's going on at a biochemical level.
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The makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of parents for their children, besides that natural love of it for the sake of use and profit.
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How is it that I became a conservative from being a liberal? It's because I witnessed how liberals behaved to a conservative. They treated him poorly. Had I not seen that, I wouldn't have opened my eyes.
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I think we are a company that thrives on a good challenge.
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It is, for example, axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.
