W. H. Auden Quotes
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
W. H. Auden
Quotes to Explore
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I'm so excited to be working on 'Doctor Who,' as it's such a big and important part of British culture.
Maisie Williams
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
D. J. MacHale
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
Hanif Kureishi
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I'm someone who wears their heart on their sleeve.
Victoria Pendleton
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
Harold Brodkey
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The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence.
Gary Zukav
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A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
Nas
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
Saint Ignatius
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
Nathan Lane
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
Lady Gregory
