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 think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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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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Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.
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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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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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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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I have had an extraordinary life, but it's been one incredible roller coaster ride.
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Art brings out the grand lines of nature.
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I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.
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Even though the popularity and the fanbase is much much greater, and more people have heard about me through things like the Grammys and the Ivors and touring and word of mouth, it doesn't reflect in the sales of the record and doesn't go into my pocket.
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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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
