W. H. Davies Quotes
The collier's wife had four tall sonsBrought from the pit's mouth dead,And crushed from foot to head
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
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It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.
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I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.
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It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in the face, I like to say, 'This is my long-term look.' Or 'This is my wife-and-kids look right here.'
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My wife is a painter, musician, and fiber artist. We married in 1993, and as she worked, I found that my reading about art was helping me understand what she was doing, just as seeing her work gave me a language with which to speak of art.
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Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
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My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.
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My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.
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Trust me, I would love to have a wife and kids. I would very much enjoy that. But I also know that you have to be in the right place to do that.
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We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
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My wife is short, and my two kids are also small.
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My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.
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The film I do doesn't have to be a film that only my kids can watch. My kids will watch films, but I will decide what they watch and not. My aim is to play different characters and not be stuck in a mould. Just because you are a mom and a wife doesn't meant you have to play those roles, even in films.
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My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.
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Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.
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Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over.
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One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear.
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A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
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A woman should dress to attract attention. To attract the most attention, a woman should either be nude or wearing something as expensive as getting her nude is going to be.
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I think there is only one way to write fiction - alone, in a room, without interruption or any distraction.
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Reality can be elastic, and I want to see how elastic it can be, you know?
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We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.
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The collier's wife had four tall sonsBrought from the pit's mouth dead,And crushed from foot to head
