W. H. Auden Quotes
Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
W. H. Auden
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Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance.
Galina Vishnevskaya
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
Halima Aden
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I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.
Val McDermid
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In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
Laura Anne Gilman
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No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it.
Gary Wright
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I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.
Rachel Maddow
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Where is the heart that has not bow'dA slave, eternal Love, to thee:Look on the cold, the gay, the proud,And is there one among them free?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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I think every company has its own unique approach to creating shareholder value.
Kenneth Frazier
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
Gary Hamel
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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
W. H. Auden