W. H. Auden Quotes
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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There is always pressure in football.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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The very qualities that make it harder for women to get elected - not being part of the old boy's network - gives them the advantage of having fresh, and yes, clean faces.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
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There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
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The TED talk I gave, that gave me another character I didn't know about. I'm not saying the mind of a hero, but a kind of responsibility. Every word I'm speaking, it's not from myself. I'm speaking for and representing the people of communist North Korea.
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Fonteyn was our first proper British ballerina, and from the moment I started dancing, her image engulfed me. In my first year at the Royal Ballet School, Margot's statue was outside my dormitory. Like generations of budding ballet dancers before me, I used to touch her middle finger for luck.
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New York and LA are both great places to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in either of them now. I find New York extremely claustrophobic and dirty. LA is quite a nice place. But there's no hustle and bustle, no street life.
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Do not be too sure, young fellows, That you are better than your ancestors.
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If you can get through the first round you have a good chance of getting into the next one.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
