W. H. Auden Quotes
Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.
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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.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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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.
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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.
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I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
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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.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
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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.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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People assume NFL cheerleaders are within some vague sniffing distance of the good life, but a Ben-Gal is paid seventy-five bucks per game. That is correct: seventy-five bucks for each of ten home games. The grand cash total per season does not keep most of them flush in hair spray, let alone gas money to and from practice.
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Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death.
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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.
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You are never to allow a shadow of doubt to enter your mind that the Creator intended you to win in life's battle.
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If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.
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Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.
