William Butler Yeats Quotes
Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness.
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Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.
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Nobody wants to give up good players.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
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Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'
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Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
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Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.
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The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa.
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We have seen the damage already caused to the music industry and we have to continue to make the public and government bodies globally aware of the damage that will happen if DVD piracy is not brought under control.
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Good men must not obey the laws too well.
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On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet.
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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
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In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of 'jihad'.
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I've always had a feeling that any time you can experiment, you ought to do it. Because you never know what will happen.
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The Beatles were so big that it's hard for people not alive at the time to realize just how big they were.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues.
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Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness.
