William Butler Yeats Quotes
The mystical life is at the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write.
Quotes to Explore
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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Foie gras is sold as an expensive delicacy in some restaurants and shops. But no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it.
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The purpose of sports - even foreign sports - is not to bore people.
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I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.
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I love working with really early stage startups where the outcome is still in doubt. Maybe they'll go on to greatness, or maybe they'll never get off the runway at all.
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If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.
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Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
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I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
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I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently.
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Because in big and diverse societies like ours, progress ultimately depends on something more basic, and that is how we see each other. And we know from experience what makes nations strong. And Neha I think did a great job of describing the essence of what’s important here. We are strongest when we see the inherent dignity in every human being.
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I was responsible to no one, I had no need mumble excuses or lies. I would become someone else and my metamorphosis would be so complete that no one I’d met over the past fifteen years would be able to recognize me. (116)
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What's your name, new best friend?
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Before anything else Numa decided that he must instill in his subjects the fear of the gods, this being the most effective measure with an ignorant, and at that time uncultured, people.
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I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.
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Nothing is as exciting - or as nerve-wracking - as being the new girl. Whether it's your first day of school or you're starting a dream job, if there's one thing that makes a first impression a lot less daunting, it's a really, really good hair day.
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Gray space is fertile ground for fiction. When I can see both sides of an argument and feel strongly in both directions, then there's a story there, then I can write real characters that I care about and believe in and champion on both sides.
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In the '90s there were these great end of the world movies like 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact'... I always liked the idea of what people on the ground are doing, not so much the people who are trying to stop the world from ending.
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My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self-fulfilling prophecy?
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There is nothing like walking on the streets on a freezing cold day and hearing fans scream your name, then stopping to talk to those same fans. There is nothing like looking into the crowd at the Q and seeing over 20,000 people wearing wigs to match your hair. Those are feelings I will cherish for the rest of my life and never forget.
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There is something about being people from your home country in a different country. It bonds you together.
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The Pixar name means more than any other name. It's very important to us to keep that name at a high level.
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A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not just by state but by county, sometimes even by municipality.
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I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
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The mystical life is at the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write.
