Seamus Heaney Quotes
In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.
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For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that.
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Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience.
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You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes.
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'Being green' is commendable, but I hope that people don't take too much pride and self-adoration because they shut off the water when they brushed their teeth. The truth of the matter is, conservation alone will do little to save our planet.
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Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I'm not each day.
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First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back end of a truck. There was about 1500 screaming kids.
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It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.
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We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.
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I'm not a self-promoter. I'm not on TV all the time.
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I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.
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I love seafood. I'm not a vegetarian but I'm probably a pescetarian.
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If I wasn't a golfer, I would still be miserable - but not as miserable.
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My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.
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America has deep, fundamental institutions that take a long time to replicate.
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Strange how someone you once loved can become just another person you once knew.
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In Hollywood especially, if you're gay and conservative, it's worse to be a conservative in the gay community than it is to be a conservative in Hollywood.
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My old friend looked at me with a new respect. He was discovering in me a capacity for hypocrisy that he had never credited me with before.
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An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.
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My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.
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The screen is a magic medium.
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In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.
