William Blake Quotes

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.

William Blake

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• I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • World
  • Things
  • Try

• If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • Power
  • Miracle

• Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Me
  • Hell
  • Shine

• I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • People
  • Song
  • You

• You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.

  

  Adam Garcia
  • You
  • Looking
  • Used

• Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Different
  • Team
  • Kind

• My sister's a singer, and she's on Twitter, and she has millions of followers. I wonder how that helps her. I think it does to an extent. I think she gets free things.

  

  Hannah Ware
  • She
  • Free
  • Wonder

• We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Want
  • Me
  • Talk

• I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Life
  • Important
  • Family

• There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Years
  • Evidence
  • Over

• I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Like
  • Hair
  • Gray

• What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Country
  • Want
  • Government

• The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.

  

  Karen Thompson Walker
  • Writing
  • Beautiful
  • Story

• A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.

  

  Barnabe Barnes
  • World
  • Man
  • Die

• The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.

  

  Cameron Mathison
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Words
  • Always
  • Either

• I'm just glad to be able to work.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Work
  • Just
  • Glad

• The success of the show provided me with amazing opportunities to visit so many wonderful places and meet so many wonderful people. When I was only 13 years old, I had been to 40 places. How many kids get something like that? But at the same time, it was hard for me as an actor to grow in more roles. That really frustrated me for a long time.

  

  Jeremy Miller
  • People
  • Success
  • Opportunities

• I've purposely made my music to be challenging and different. There's some electronics, R&B, blues, Motown, country, jazz and lots of soul.

  

  Jack Garratt
  • Music
  • Different
  • Country

• It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious love satisfies my soul.

  

  Willie Dixon
  • Soul
  • Song
  • Gold

• There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

  

  Ansel Adams
  • Good

• Every time I read the paper those old feelings come on. We are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool says to push on.

  

  Pete Seeger
  • Time
  • Deep
  • Fool

• Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.

  

  William Blake
  • Soul
  • Body
  • Chief