William Cowper Quotes
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.
William Cowper
Quotes to Explore
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This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
Abu Bakar Bashir
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
Kate Christensen
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
Barbara Mandrell
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
Lafcadio Hearn
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
Zoe Kravitz
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
Ingrid Betancourt
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
Ted Sarandos
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
Campbell Scott
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
Natalie Gulbis
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Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
Ignatius of Antioch
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
Rachel Platten
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
Edgardo Osorio
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Listen, sometimes when you finally find out, you realize that you were much better off not knowing.
Audrey Niffenegger
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Apart from my heart, I feel everything grows old in me. Even my heart has something artificial. It has been sewn by the dancers in a soft, pink satin purse like their shoes.
Edgar Degas
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I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is.
David Byrne
Talking Heads
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I loved the DOS games, Super Nintendo. And I have a very addictive personality, so I recognize now that I just can't engage in that kind of stuff because I'll never stop. So I no longer play any games.
Mackenzie Davis
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The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and were peaceful to a fault and boded no ill but thought well enough of themselves to repeat their presences.
William H. Gass
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The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.
William Cowper
