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.
Quotes to Explore
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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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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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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It was necessary to have an even depth of corn on the top compared to the sides, so the air would not take the easiest route and not evenly dry the stored corn.
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Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
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When people are smiling they are most receptive to almost anything you want to teach them.
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You run a grave risk, my boy," said the magician, "of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted.
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The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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You may study with the highest teachers, but you will find no one but yourself teaching you. You may travel the world over, yet find nothing but yourself, reflected the world over. So if you now find yourself in a cell, take heart that of all the teachers in the world, out of all the places in the world, you still have with you the only ultimate ingredient of your journey: yourself.
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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.
