W. H. Auden Quotes
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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I think I'm as good if not better than everyone else.
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I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear 'The Stranger.' 'You May Be Right' may be one of the greatest songs ever written.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.
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As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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You've got to listen to your guests.
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You only ever see four women leads on TV today in the 'Housewives' shows.
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I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40.
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There are a lot of good things that we can do. Maybe my example can help someone.
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Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.
