W. H. Auden Quotes
If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'
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We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.
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There are times as an actor when you don't work for two months, sometimes three or sometimes six, and the only thing that's going to keep you sane is if you give back and live your life. I've definitely gone through that. It's like, 'Okay, I'm out of work for two months.' That's two months I can paint.
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For me, it's very interesting to take one object and really dissect it to as many layers as possible.
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From my perspective, the world's shaped me more than anything else. It's a feedback loop.
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I think the ongoing discussion of the world of advertising is, 'Where is the soul in advertising?'
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I happen to be very good with younger actors because I have extremely vivid memories of that time of my life, and kids are just funny.
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It makes one’s head heavy and giddy, as if one were not looking back down the receding perspectives of time but rather down on the earth from a great height, from one of those towers whose tops are lost to view in the clouds
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If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
