William Butler Yeats Quotes
God spreads the heavens above us like great wings, And gives a little round of deeds and days.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.
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I was a tomboy.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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Working in Birmingham for the first time was the best thing, especially as it was round the corner from my mum's house in Harborne!
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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The military executes policy decisions.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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Biochemistry is the science of life. All our life processes - walking, talking, moving, feeding - are essentially chemical reactions. So biochemistry is actually the chemistry of life, and it's supremely interesting.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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At the end of the day, Democrats go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far left; Republicans go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far right. Hey, there's a big middle ground here that's not represented. I think that, Bill Weld and myself, I think the Libertarian Party really occupies that ground.
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If you are ready to put a product or service on the market, look at that product or service and see how you can test it inexpensively. Keep in mind, you'll only need one; you don't need 1,000 to get the answer.
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The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
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I have a real problem giving up that kind of control. You know, my mother helps me.
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I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
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Da requiem: requietus ager bene credita reddit
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I might try that one thing, you know, that thing people do when their eyes get all wet and stupid—what’s it called? Crying? Or NOT. I might PUNCH you instead and trust that you won’t punch me back because of my endearing smallness. It would be like punching a child.
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God spreads the heavens above us like great wings, And gives a little round of deeds and days.
