William Butler Yeats Quotes
If there's no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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I am so proud of being a Paralympian because I think the Games are a very good platform for disabled persons to perform themselves. Within the Paralympics movement, it's not just talk about excellence; it's not just talk about the competition. It's also talk about the equality and how your world accepts those disabled people.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
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It's the 21st century. It's untenable to suggest that women had no significance and no interest and that just because they didn't vote they had no relevance to the course of our history.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to work on his time keeping, and that the job of a drummer is not to be the one that gets noticed the most on stage, or to be the fastest, or the loudest. Above all, it is to be the timekeeper.
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One time I went into a restroom and a girl followed me in. I signed an autograph for her in the sink. It was pretty funny because she was in a guy's restroom and she wasn't embarrassed at all.
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As long as a member state is a member state, there are no negotiations bilaterally on any trade agreement with third parties.
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You're allowed to work hard and have good things and do good things.
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As an actor, there is always an opportunity to learn from the other actors you work with.
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I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.
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I don't do anything. My life sucks.
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Then in chat, or at play, with a dance, or a song, Let the night, like the day, pass with pleasure along. All cares, but of love, banish far from your mind; And those you may end, when you please to be kind.
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Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin
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Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his soul become clear and radiant as they are? But man's spirit draws him like a moth to the ephemera of this world, and in their heat he is consumed entire.
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If there's no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf
