W. H. Auden Quotes
It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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'Heartbeats' is a film on people magnifying and subliming reality when they're in love. Hence the overstylized look, the aesthetics, the robes, the dresses, the vintage, hipster-ish look: All of this is voluntary. I'm not a hipster. I'm not!
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Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
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I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.
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I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
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Climate change - for so long an abstract concern for an academic few - is no longer so abstract. Even the Bush administration's Climate Change Science Programme reports 'clear evidence of human influences on the climate system.'
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People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
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'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other.
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The great thing about journalism is that there is so much exposure to all kinds of people who can turn up later as characters, whether you intend it or not.
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Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
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Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?
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It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful.
