W. H. Auden Quotes
And make us as Newton was, who in his garden watching The apple falling towards England, became aware Between himself and her of an eternal tie.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the radio show. I'm the DJ; I can play what I want and suffer or get praised by that. With a TV show, it's much more of a collaboration, and the song that I might think is perfect may get shot down and vice versa.
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True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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I would like to be a polyglot.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
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People do look at it as an insult that I say I don't listen to country music, which cracks me up.
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I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
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You don't know where life takes you.
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It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Further, bearing up under our own burdens can help us develop a reservoir of empathy for the problems others face.
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Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.
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The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.
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And make us as Newton was, who in his garden watching The apple falling towards England, became aware Between himself and her of an eternal tie.
