Matthew Arnold Quotes
For poetry the idea is everything; the rest is a world of illusion, of divine illusion. Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea; the idea is the fact. The strongest part of our religion today is its unconscious poetry.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
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The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.
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From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
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Our intent is to operate Time Warner as it operates today, with autonomy in its divisions, including the world-class creative talent and journalists that make Time Warner a leader in entertainment and news.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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When I'm off the golf course, I feel the pressure, but I try to concentrate on the golf course.
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We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.
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Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
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I'm a real optimist.
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I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.
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For the women in California, they're just downtrodden because they're so gorgeous here. Every hot cheerleader comes to California to make it. The men don't want to get married, they're lazy lions. Matthew McConaughey is their poster boy so they can procreate and live on the beach in the trailer and have kids and have money and be hedonistic.
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I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.
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So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
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Your success can't be determined by your surname but only by your work.
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For poetry the idea is everything; the rest is a world of illusion, of divine illusion. Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea; the idea is the fact. The strongest part of our religion today is its unconscious poetry.
