William Butler Yeats Quotes
Time drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of the fire-born moods, You pass not away.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first.
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Power is every stealing from the many to the few.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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My brain is just so busy. I'm inattentive; I'm a daydreamer: the space cadet kind.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.
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Most people don't know how to tell stories.
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The chances of Israeli science competing with big American science are small. For almost 15 years, we had no competition.
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All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.
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Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but they are there.
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I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment.
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When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
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We cannot afford the EPA's continued expansion of red tape that is slowing economic growth and threatening to entangle millions of small businesses.
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Time drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of the fire-born moods, You pass not away.
