William Butler Yeats Quotes
The poor have very few hours in which to enjoy themselves; they must take their pleasure raw; they haven't the time to cook it.William Butler Yeats
Quotes to Explore
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
Malala Yousafzai -
God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
Ed Koch -
The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
Walter Kaufmann -
I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
Dagmara Dominczyk -
A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.
J. Philippe Rushton -
Some of the best things about being a vegetarian include, of course, contributing towards the welfare of animals. Being a vegetarian can also make you a healthier person, and it helps the environment. All of these things make vegetarianism worthwhile. It's really a win-win situation.
Laura Mennell
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But from each crime are born bullets that will one day seek out in you where the heart lies.
Pablo Neruda -
You know, I don't really understand a suburban environment. I want to be out in the woods, I want to be where it's wild, I want to wake up and hear birds, I want to walk outside and see a gaggle of turkeys bouncing across my lawn - I want to be someplace like that - or I want to be right in the middle of an urban environment.
Karen Allen -
A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
J. G. Ballard -
I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.
Lara Stone -
I like Public Enemy a great deal.
Randy Newman -
I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
Taylor Swift
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
Damien Chazelle -
To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.
Adam Mansbach -
Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
Managers are the most creative people in the world.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -
I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.
Barry McGuigan -
Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
M. H. Abrams
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My comedy is romanticized laziness.
Jim Gaffigan -
I am just back from South Sudan, one of the world's most fragile nations. For years, I have been moved by the kind people who maintain hope that they will live to see peace. My heart has ached for them, as they have endured pain and violence that make such hope feel out of reach.
Forest Whitaker -
In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.
Aristotle -
The poor have very few hours in which to enjoy themselves; they must take their pleasure raw; they haven't the time to cook it.
William Butler Yeats