W. H. Auden Quotes
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
W. H. Auden
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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
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
Nash Grier
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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The effort of every time I put out a video, it was like, 'Okay, I've got to put it on my Facebook, I've got to put it on my website, what's the view count now? What's the view count now? What's the view count now?' You get obsessive with it.
Rachel Bloom
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The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.
Tammy Faye Bakker
