W. H. Auden Quotes
If the most significant characteristic of man is the complex of biological needs he shares with all members of his species, then the best lives for the writer to observe are those in which the role of natural necessity is clearest, namely, the lives of the very poor.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
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I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.
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I've always been a Nike person.
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My grandmother was very fierce and gruff. She was quite small, but she was very wide.
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My interest in protein breakdown as a research problem began in l955 at about the time I joined the Biochemistry Department of Yale University. It was known that proteins break down intracellularly in the mature animal.
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Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
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I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear.
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After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25 percent. You know, that's a 25 percent increase in the size of the government overnight. That's what we - that's what we've got to rein in.
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The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.
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I just love comic books. I've always loved comic book art, and I just think it's amazing.
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I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
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Descobri que a leitura é uma forma servil de sonhar. Se tenho de sonhar, porque não sonhar os meus próprios sonhos?
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'But what am I to do?' cried the Prince.'What you feel you must,' said the Theel. 'That’s the only thing to do at any time.'
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Sometimes I have a feeling, when I look back on my life, that all I’ve been through has prepared me perfectly for just what I’m doing now.
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Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.
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This book's title, Rough Beauty , conveys Anderson's conviction that the hard scrabble lives of most of the residents of Vidor, Texas, are worthy of our attention, but it also conveys that he does not seek to beautify their lives by removing the crude edges.
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human being is by nature a philosopher
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I'm getting a little fed up with hearing about, oh, civilian casualties. I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning.
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I’m not going to say a damn word about it being tough; I’m having the best time of my life!
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If the most significant characteristic of man is the complex of biological needs he shares with all members of his species, then the best lives for the writer to observe are those in which the role of natural necessity is clearest, namely, the lives of the very poor.
