W. H. Auden Quotes
It is nonsense to speak of 'higher' and 'lower' pleasures. To a hungry man it is, rightly, more important that he eat than that he philosophize.W. H. Auden
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
Cam Newton -
I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
Baz Luhrmann -
Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
Ma Ying-jeou -
Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
Natasha Bedingfield -
In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
Federica Mogherini -
My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
Wayne Thiebaud
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
Naomi Klein -
Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
Gary Gygax -
There will never be talking pictures.
D. W. Griffith -
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
T. S. Eliot -
He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes.
Zack Snyder -
As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
Adam McKay
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
Manuel Puig -
Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
M. Esther Harding -
I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
Quentin Crisp -
It was a great privilege for me and my teammates to follow in the footsteps of sporting greats like Roger Federer and Tiger Woods.
Ma Long -
I'm obsessed with being human.
Rachelle Lefevre -
Freedom is popular. Bring it on.
Rand Paul
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In these xenophobic times, when politicians are stoking everyone's anxiety about threats from abroad, I would argue that engaging with the rest of the world is not only a luxury, in the way that travel is, but actually a moral responsibility.
Andrew Solomon -
We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.
William James -
At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.
Danica McKellar -
My dad was undocumented for a period of time, my mom was also undocumented for a period of time.
Nico Santos -
It is nonsense to speak of 'higher' and 'lower' pleasures. To a hungry man it is, rightly, more important that he eat than that he philosophize.
W. H. Auden