W. H. Auden Quotes
The thin-lipped armorer, Hephaestos, hobbled away, Thetis of the shining breasts Cried out in dismay At what the god had wrought To please her son, the strong Iron-hearted man-slaying Achilles Who would not live long.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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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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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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Good music is good music, but it has to be good.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I'm very smart, and I have a great team of people around me investing my money. I'm not buying gold - yet.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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Whenever you're playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory.
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I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
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I use what God had given me. I don't wish for anything else. I don't wish I can be a high-flier.
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I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?
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The thin-lipped armorer, Hephaestos, hobbled away, Thetis of the shining breasts Cried out in dismay At what the god had wrought To please her son, the strong Iron-hearted man-slaying Achilles Who would not live long.
