W. H. Auden Quotes
Every high C accurately struck demolishes the theory that we are the irresponsible puppets of fate or chance.
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The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
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Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material.
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Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
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Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
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New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
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I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.
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I have a pig valve.
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I feel that World Cup cricket should be played like football in which all the 160 countries take part. If only a handful of countries are going to keep on playing in the World Cup without making the game popular, I will be a sad man.
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When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.
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The next time a former child star is in the news, look at the age at which he or she started performing. Then imagine making a life-changing decision at that age. Chances are good he or she wasn't the one who made it.
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I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside.
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I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
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I must abjure the Balm of Life, I must, Scared by some After-reckoning ta'en on trust, Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink, To fill the Cup - when crumbled into Dust!
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I develop my work in a time that, from my point of view, is much more # romantic than the present day
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Every high C accurately struck demolishes the theory that we are the irresponsible puppets of fate or chance.
