W. H. Auden Quotes
For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone.W. H. Auden
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My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one.
Warren Littlefield -
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
Lao Tzu -
Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
Kate Williams -
A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
Adam Cohen -
Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
W. Somerset Maugham -
I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
Jackie Chan
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I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
Gary Ross -
I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled.
Jack Nicholson -
To learn something new every day is still exciting!
Ed Koch -
I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need.
Rachel Shelley -
Being in love is the best thing in my life.
Olivia Newton-John -
It was in a mist the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the gods of Dana, or as some called them, the Men of Dea, came through the air and the high air to Ireland.
Lady Gregory
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We pay for content that we like, and we like the content we pay for. It's a lot more satisfying to pay $7.50 for Steven Spielberg's next epic than it is to watch my home movies for free. Even for me.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I can't predict the future and I don't have respect for people who try to.
Jackie Mason -
It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.
Harbhajan Singh -
Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Samuel Butler -
I haven't put an ounce of effort into my families. I never have.
Ingmar Bergman -
I have my permanent muses and my muses of the moment.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen.
Yair Lapid -
Dear young friends, the Lord is asking you to be prophets of this new age, messengers of his love, drawing people to the Father and building a future of hope for all humanity.
Pope Benedict XVI -
Boor, bond of thy herd,Tonight stretch full by the fire!
James Joyce -
Gay rights is just a matter of time. Look at the polls. Worrying about gay marriage, let alone gay civil unions or gay employment rights, is a middle-age issue. Young people just can't see the problem. At worst, gays are going to win this one just by waiting until the opposition dies off.
Gail Collins -
You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil.
Joanne Rowling -
For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone.
W. H. Auden