William Butler Yeats Quotes

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.

William Butler Yeats

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• With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
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• Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that.

  

  Parminder Nagra
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• People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
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• I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players.

  

  Gary Bettman
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• I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put.

  

  J. Paul Getty
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• Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.

  

  J. Carter Brown
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  • Why
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• Mike Campbell and Don Henley and I wrote 'The Heart of the Matter,' which was a huge hit for Don.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • Heart
  • Matter
  • Huge

• The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.

  

  Kate Chopin
  • Nature
  • Passion
  • Flame

• I'm not really the type of person who wears my heart on my sleeve. I keep everything inside.

  

  Taylor Dye
  • Heart
  • Person
  • Everything

• Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.

  

  Carlos Castaneda
  • Good
  • Heart
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• What sort of Europe do we want to have? Parallel societies? Muslim communities living together with the Christian community?

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Together
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• If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Words
  • Christian
  • Jesus

• If I were a congressman who had voted for the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, I'd claim it was forced on our country by a sinister international organization.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Country
  • American
  • Organization

• The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart.

  

  Salmon P. Chase
  • Heart
  • Course
  • Proclamation

• You don't always necessarily see eye to eye with the people that you are getting married into you, so you really have to learn to open your mind, open your heart and be super compassionate about other people's points of view, faith and opinions.

  

  Patricia Rae
  • People
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• We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • Live
  • Earth
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• Hiking is a great passion of mine, and I find myself picking up empty bottles.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Up
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• Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Love
  • For Her
  • For Him

• I've been a big believer in musicians turned actor, going back to Sinatra winning the Oscar for 'From Here To Eternity.' David Bowie in 'Man Who Fell to Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's been great in a bunch of films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I thought was great in 'Precious.'

  

  Peter Berg
  • Great
  • Earth
  • Winning

• If you can be sure of being right only 55 percent of the time, you can go down to Wall Street and make a million dollars a day. If you can't be sure of being right even 55 percent of the time, why should you tell other people they are wrong?

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • People
  • Time
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• We learned the value of research in World War II.

  

  Amar Bose
  • World
  • War
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• Okay, so you want your other nipple pierced," she said pulling up a chair and getting her supplies ready. "She wants my other nipple pierced," he replied winking at.

  

  Abbi Glines
  • Ready
  • Supplies
  • Pierced

• The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Heart
  • Earth
  • Passion