W. H. Auden Quotes
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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I've stayed focused on the job at hand representing the people of the 5th district... a voice for everyone rich or poor or male or female.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music... Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time - the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.
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Certain scripts require an ensemble cast. I'm absolutely fine with that. I will not deprive myself of the chance to be part of a good film because of insecurities or fear of losing my market. But my role must be well-defined.
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I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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As a teenager, I preferred the company of boys to girls, focusing always on the most indifferent male and flirting with him until he became my slave.
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
