W. H. Auden Quotes
The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.W. H. Auden
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
D.R.A.M. -
Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.
Ira Glass -
That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.
Adam McKay -
However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II.
Walter Kohn -
Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
Kate Winslet -
Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
Gary Johnson
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
Olivia Williams -
I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
Laura Fraser -
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
Lao Tzu -
The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.
Kate Winslet -
The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video.
Olivier Martinez -
The quality of a timeless song is that it's catchy, meaningful and relatable.
OMI
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With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.
Barbara Boxer -
I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
Idina Menzel -
Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
Orlando Bloom -
I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.
Adam Lambert -
I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace.
Iman
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I love to conduct opera.
Zubin Mehta -
I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
Randy Johnson -
If you are going to do something potentially for another eight years, you want it to be something that you can really sink your teeth in and that's going to be different and interesting for this next period of time.
Kiefer Sutherland -
I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it doesn't. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully?
Debra Winger -
I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
Zoe Kravitz -
The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.
W. H. Auden