W. H. Auden Quotes
A writer is a maker, not a man of action: his private life is of no concern to anybody but himself, his family and his friends.
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I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it. That we are flawed and human, and don't worry about how we look or who we are, or that it seems too old of a character if we're still young.
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I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I disagree. You need to write a lot in order to figure out what's good and what's crap.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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A good leader must be fair.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.
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No matter how many people are screaming your name or how many Number One hits you have, you can still wake up and feel like a loser.
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I would like to stress that the obligation of being Queen has always been driven by joy. The joy is rooted in the warmth that has met me and my family everywhere through every year, in celebration and joy as in sorrow, in the so-called 'big days', as well as in everyday life.
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The inspiration for my Vines comes from thinking about funny and relatable experiences from my daily life.
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I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.
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A writer is a maker, not a man of action: his private life is of no concern to anybody but himself, his family and his friends.
