William Butler Yeats Quotes
Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span; Cease to remember the delights of youth, travel-wearied aged man; Delight becomes death-longing if all longing else be vain.
Quotes to Explore
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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The past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of a mouse at any time of day. If America, both corporation and citizen alike, can use these services to solve problems, why can't Washington?
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
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You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
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Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.
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A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship.
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The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.
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Life would have been absolutely empty without imagination.
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There's something about the darkness that I find unavoidably intoxicating. The knowledge that other people are sleeping and, therefore, unavailable to ruin my solitude, makes me more peaceful than I am during the day.
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As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.
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Fundamentally, we have broken our aerospace business into three parts - large parts which go into the wings and fuselage, components for jet engines, and specialised structural components for landing gear.
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I do not like to work with patients who are in love. Perhaps it is because of envy - I, too, crave enchantment. Perhaps it is because love and psychotherapy are fundamentally incompatible. The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection.
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If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll walk or go for a swim or get on my bike, or I'll go to the Heath, just have a reason to get out.
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We heard later through the grapevine that we were being compared to the Furious 5, and because of that we were getting feedback that they were saying that we werent all that, that we were copying them... blah blah blah.
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This decree is very serious and we will not allow it to pass unopposed. (on Israel offers 10-month West Bank settlement freeze)
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Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.
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I'm not sure that it matters as much to women as to our male colleagues to have the public adulation and be on the public mind.
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Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span; Cease to remember the delights of youth, travel-wearied aged man; Delight becomes death-longing if all longing else be vain.
