W. H. Auden Quotes
They never forgot That even the most dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.W. H. Auden
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
Imogen Heap -
It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
Vidal Sassoon -
In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
Yanis Varoufakis -
Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
Ralph Marston -
I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.
Valerie Trierweiler -
In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
Karen Maitland
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I always wanted pink hair.
Rachel McAdams -
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
Oprah Winfrey -
The prevalence of mobile homes does not correspond with the prevalence of poverty, or with much of anything else. All that can be confidently said about America's mobile homes is that they are massed in places where you wouldn't want to be in one. Florida's mobile homes lie athwart the path of hurricanes. Georgia's are in the way of tornadoes.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
Vikram Seth -
I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
Halima Aden -
Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
Nate Ruess Fun.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky -
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh -
My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.
Carl Hiaasen -
Health care should be affordable for everyone.
Ed Pastor -
This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order.
Walter Rudolf Hess -
Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
M. J. Rose
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I like to hike and cook. I enjoy furniture and design - not making it, just looking at it. I'm always kind of trying to spread my interests around and try new things.
Kevin Bacon -
Kicked in the ribs, the press says 'art' when 'ouch' would be more appropriate.
Pauline Kael -
The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
Mason Cooley -
The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights.
Joe Andrew -
I like being strange. I like being hyperbolic and surreal.
Brett Gelman -
They never forgot That even the most dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
W. H. Auden