Stephen Spender (Sir Stephen Harold Spender) Quotes
Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fêted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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I want to play interesting women.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.
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I'm going to scream this from the mountain top, there's no such thing as 'a curry.' There's six kazillion different kinds of curry. When someone asks how to make chicken curry, I have to ask 'Which one?'
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You have to be really careful with what you put out on social media and who you're talking to online.
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The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. But you mustn't create a perception that the process is devoid of competitiveness... devoid of building a world class, sustainable black business community.
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'Aye, build it on these banks,' the monarch said,'That when the autumn winds have swept the sea,They may come hither with their falling rains,A voice of mighty weeping o'er her grave.'
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If you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.
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Pushing people forward simply because of their colour, irrespective of merit, would be most unfortunate and would of course lead to disaster. It would mean that Rhodesia would then develop into a kind of banana republic where the country would in no time be bankrupt.
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Mercantile jealousy is excited, and both inflames, and is itself inflamed, by the violence of national animosity:...
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Gotta admit, it's kind of nice being surrounded by amazing beauty products 24/7.
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For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma.
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Touring can be really tiring. I can get homesick, and I spend a lot of time on my phone.
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I've always just tried to continue to be a working actor and let the work speak for itself as opposed to promoting myself as someone who needs to be in everybody's living room.
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People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.
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We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were raised in the Protestant faith. Bono's mother was Protestant and his father was Catholic. I was brought up Catholic. U2 are a living example of the kind of unity of faith and tradition that is possible in Northern Ireland.
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I am the best rock drummer on the planet.
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Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.
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I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.
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every individual is made in the image of God, insofar as he or she is a rational and free creature capable of knowing God and loving him.
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Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fêted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
