Stephen Spender (Sir Stephen Harold Spender) Quotes
I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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Kevin Bacon and I went up for the same stuff, and people would say, 'You and Kevin have the same quality.' I was like, 'I do?' I remember seeing 'Footloose' and thinking, 'How do I have any kind of quality that that guy does?'
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I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
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What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.
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In a nursery, if you don't take care of those plants, your profits get lost real quickly. You have to weed. You have to water. You have to nurture. Also, you have to take care of your employees in such a way that they do the same.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
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We have to be able to criticize what we love,Say what we have to say,'Cause if you're not trying to make something better,Then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
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‘Aren’t people funny? I don’t find where one sits at dinner fascinating at all,’ lied the Princess.
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Type 'What is th' and faster than you can find the 'e' Google is sending choices back at you: 'What is the cloud?' 'What is the mean?' 'What is the American dream?' 'What is the illuminati?' Google is trying to read your mind. Only it's not your mind. It's the World Brain.
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Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work.
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My wife was a licensed psychologist by profession and a college professor of psychology.
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Some people have loved ones they will not forsake, even though they are a pain in the neck.
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You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can pick yourself up from the floor when life knocks you down the first 10 times.
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The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.
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As a spiritual person, nature for me has always been a healing place. Going back all the way to my childhood on the farm, the fields and forests were places of adventure and self-discovery. Animals were companions and friends, and the world moved at a slower, more rational pace than the bustling cities where I'd resided my adult life.
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Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.
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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.
