W. H. Auden Quotes
Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
W. H. Auden
Quotes to Explore
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
Salma Hayek
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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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Instruments are a phenomenal investment, especially violins and violas and celli, because the value really doesn't go down, and it just rises up at incredible speed and has done, and I believe will continue to do so, because these rare instruments are not getting more. They are getting less and less through the years.
Aleksey Igudesman
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Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The scientist seeking to advance the frontiers of his discipline, the missionary seeking to convert infidels to the true faith, the philanthropist seeking to bring comfort to the needy - all are pursuing their interests, as they see them, as they judge them by their own values.
Milton Friedman
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
Mahesh Babu
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I love anything leopard print, but sometimes an all over print can be a bit much.
Ashley Madekwe
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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
W. H. Auden
