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'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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen.
Yair Lapid -
We want to nurture startups on our platform, just like we did in the old world.
Safra A. Catz
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Yes, we now have to divide up our time like that, between politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
Albert Einstein -
When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I was able to go out in the world again.
Marketa Irglova -
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be who have tried it.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Each new technology is a reprogramming of sensory life. (p. 33)
Marshall McLuhan -
I think Japans work really hard, and when they have a chance to listen to music, they just go crazy. And the Ramones would be a natural fit for Japan, because Japan invented the cartoon, and the Ramones, especially in Rock 'N' Roll High School, are very cartoonish. So it'd be a perfect group for them.
P. J. Soles -
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