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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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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Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
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The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo
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It's the training that's the hardest. It's the preparation. The months and months of preparation that nobody really sees, that's the hardest part.
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All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.
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What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.
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In 2017, there is more than one way to be beautiful and more than one way to be cool. And when you put an image on the cover of 'Vogue,' that means something that goes beyond fashion.
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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.
