W. H. Auden Quotes
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.
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There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I know nothing about technology.
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I think young people of all races are interested in justice; maybe not so much taxes and regulations, but they're interested in justice and the right to privacy on the Internet.
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When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person.
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I think it's always very important to be comfortable and just kind of expressive; if you take fashion too seriously, then you lose the fun of it. I think you should always take the risk.
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Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.
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Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York.
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There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.
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There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.
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Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to 'Twitter' transatlantically.
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I'm trying to make really flawed characters that have got redeeming features so people can say, 'I don't really like that character, but I can understand a bit where they've come from.'
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I do tend to overdo everything.
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Inspiration is the key to everything.
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I'm a fake intellectual.
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Sometimes, there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it. Like my heart's going to cave in.
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One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded.
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Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.
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Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.
