William Butler Yeats Quotes
Maybe the bride-bed brings despair, For each an imagined image brings And finds a real image there...
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.
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I'm hanging out with my New York friends, my Jersey boys, my family and loving every single second of it.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.
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The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific programmes which stand comparison with the best the BBC has ever done: 'Blue Planet,' 'Walking with Beasts,' 'Son of God,' 'Clocking Off,' 'The Way We Live Now,' 'Conspiracy,' 'Lost World.'
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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Some writers think that fiction is the space of great neutrality where all humans share the same concerns, and we are all alike. I don't think so. I'm interested in class warfare because I think it's real.
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I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
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Theater represents to me this phenomenon in juxtaposition to real life, where there are all these imposed guidelines.
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Do we need more laws? God forbid! We need more righteousness, more freedom, and more godly men -- and fewer laws.
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Maybe the bride-bed brings despair, For each an imagined image brings And finds a real image there...
