W. H. Auden Quotes

Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.

W. H. Auden

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• I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.

  

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• I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.

  

  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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• That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

  

  Quintilian
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• Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

  

  Edmund Burke
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• I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'

  

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• I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.

  

  Hansika Motwani
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• I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.

  

  Marat Safin
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  • High
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• TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Life
  • Art
  • Violence

• The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • Enough
  • Speak
  • One Word

• If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Done
  • You
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• Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. It's like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but it's almost like a cool thing. They all just sit around and play music and squat.

  

  Laura Ramsey
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• As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.

  

  Oliver Sim The xx
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• If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Believe
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  • Smart

• I had a very modest upbringing.

  

  Balthazar Getty
  • Very
  • Had
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• The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Experience
  • Nice
  • Bonus

• I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Experience
  • Poetry
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• Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.

  

  Irvine Welsh
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• It was exactly what was released two months later with the exception of a couple of reaction shots which we went back in to get. I liked the movie very much and asked him what the studio's problem was. I felt that he was at a point where they might have worn him down.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
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• Belonging has always been a fundamental driver of humankind.

  

  Brian Chesky

• Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of authority and rebuke. They are an old council of clowns, and they are listened to.

  

  N. Scott Momaday
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  • Night
  • Vision

• There are different ways to show and tell through Instagram. What's right for one designer will be very different for another designer, and everyone's going to be figuring things out, but it's a great opportunity to use it for feedback.

  

  Eva Chen
  • Opportunity
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  • Feedback

• When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice.

  

  Drew Barrymore
  • Feeling
  • Fear
  • Die

• I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.

  

  Joseph Morgan
  • Fun
  • Play
  • Interest

• Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Life
  • Men
  • Unique