W. H. Davies Quotes
They sniffed, poor things, for their green fields,They cried so loud I could not sleep:For fifty thousand shillings downI would not sail again with sheep.
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As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty.
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I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
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It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.
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I'm saying, Come on, the global warming thing? How did the ice melt during the ice ages? Was the dinosaurs driving SUVs around back then?
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.
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If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
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Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
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I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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I had to have my first kiss in front of, like, a hundred people. I didn't know what to do. So my sisters told me to, like, practice on a pillow, you know? But it didn't kiss me back so I didn't know what to expect.
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Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
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Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think.
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A good writer can simulate a page torn out of somebody's diary, and give you every little voyeuristic thrill you might get from that, but actually tell you a broader story. I think it's a noble idea that it's cathartic to open a vein for everybody to see, but ultimately, you're just getting blood everywhere and making a mess. I like the idea that there are deeper and more meaningful things to talk about than your own misery. But at the same time, there's something really interesting about skirting that line and making it seem like you're doing that.
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We all have our painful pasts we have to get through.
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A lot of times, we get stuck, and we are followers. When you hear one person say, 'black lives matter,' or 'blue lives matter,' all lives matter. It's not right what is going on in this world on both sides.
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The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.
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They sniffed, poor things, for their green fields,They cried so loud I could not sleep:For fifty thousand shillings downI would not sail again with sheep.
