William Blake Quotes
To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
Quotes to Explore
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis.
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If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.
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There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.
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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.
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Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her.
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A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
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I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
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I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also. People don't develop a mental illness because they are in the happiest of situations, usually. One doctor observed that it was rare when people were rich to become schizophrenic. If they were poor or didn't have too much money, then it was more likely.
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Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.
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To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
