William Butler Yeats Quotes
The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
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Around 1960, I moved back to Europe, attracted by the newly founded European Organization for Nuclear Research where, for the first time, the idea of a joint European effort in a field of pure science was to be tried in practice.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.
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Who would set a limit to the mind of man? Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God.
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Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
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I respect the system out there in Hollywood, I really do, but I'm very intent on art versus commerce. I want to do it all - film, TV and theatre - if it's the right job.
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Buildings are forms of performances.
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I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.
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What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.
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I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the thing that is important.
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I hope to be like Bill Gates, bro. With all the money in the world.
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Tota felicitas aut infelicitas in hoc solo sita est; videlicet in qualitate obiecti, cui adhaeremus amore.
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I loved playing for him. He brought me here to Brockton three years ago and I appreciate that he did. I hope things work out for him.
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The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
