W. H. Auden Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
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I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
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Everyone fears the cut of the blade. It doesn't matter after that. I know the spirit survives as there is so much evidence of the survival of the personality in the afterlife.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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“We would rather be sure of a correctly predicted negative outcome than face the realistic uncertainty of an unpredictable future even if it includes the possibility of great joy and success.”
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Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.
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A willingness to be exposed and vulnerable. One of the major limitations of imagination’s fruits is the fear of standing out. It is more than a fear of criticism. It is anxiety at being alone, of being in a position where one can rely little on others, a position that puts one’s own resources to the test, a position where one will have to take total responsibility for one’s own response to the environment. Leaders must not only not be afraid of that position; they must come to love it.
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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
