William Butler Yeats Quotes
I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to accept.William Butler Yeats
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
Hamza Yusuf -
Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
Olivia Culpo -
It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
Farrah Fawcett -
I traveled a full two years with 'Language of Flowers.'
Vanessa Diffenbaugh -
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
Karl Barth -
I have been in dialogue with my family about what can actually be done. We've come up with this philosophy that in a truly multicultural society, the only way to have liberty and justice for everybody is to have multiple parties. And by multiple parties, I mean 50 parties, not one or two.
Wadada Leo Smith
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
Jackie Collins -
If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
Sam Mendes -
I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.
Sam Hunt -
Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
Fidel Castro -
I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's health care and education, and I'd dive on a live grenade to get this message out, so thank you for this forum.
Karen Duffy -
I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
Valerie Plame
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I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.
Vincent Bugliosi -
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I think many people are terribly afraid of being demoted by the Darwinian scheme from the role of authors and creators in their own right into being just places where things happen in the universe.
Daniel Dennett -
I like action-adventure movies.
Ian Ziering -
People like to see showdowns.
Usain Bolt -
Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.
Kate O'Brien
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I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in the study of politics, math has come into the picture. We can no longer pretend that we just speculate about politics; we need to look at this in a rigorous way.
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita -
Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.
Kate Forsyth -
You may be basing a portion of your self-worth on your bank account without even realizing it. Try to pinpoint the activities and qualities that, free of charge, fulfill you.
Jean Chatzky -
The middle ground in Congress has all but disappeared. The founders intended competing principles and interests to check excesses and create a balance in our politics that would benefit 'we the people.' Gerrymandered districts and a hyped-up fight-night media offer a partial explanation of why we seem to have neither checks nor balances.
Donna Brazile -
I am not married anymore. I hate marriage ... but it's okay now.
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt -
I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to accept.
William Butler Yeats