Stephen Spender (Sir Stephen Harold Spender) Quotes
The iron arc of the avoiding journey Curves back upon my weakness at the end; Whether the faint light spark against my face Or in the dark my sight hide from my sight, Centre and circumference are both my weakness.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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I always have to be writing.
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I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
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I don't spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.
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The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
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Being a fatherIs quite a bother,But I like it, rather.
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You have created a monster and it will destroy you.
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I definitely want to go against the grain - break those rules and create clothing that is fun for women and shows their personality and just enjoy wearing it and being fashion-forward.
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Sometimes in football you deserve to win but lose. Other times you deserve to lose or draw but you win. That is the game, and it's why I've always said you should never try to predict anything in football, especially in Europe.
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With a tone so rich, I would never be afraid of the dark. Steinway is the only and the best!
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You always have to think in a new modern way, and you always have to push yourself in fashion because it's a big treadmill. You can't really get off it. You just have to move a little faster.
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Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing.
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Art is a car, kitsch is a horse.
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The iron arc of the avoiding journey Curves back upon my weakness at the end; Whether the faint light spark against my face Or in the dark my sight hide from my sight, Centre and circumference are both my weakness.
