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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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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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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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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Look, I like to fantasize that there's more to reality than what we have here, and that's why, from a young age, I just loved Philip K. Dick's books.
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Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.
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Life is not perfect.
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The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.
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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.
