William Butler Yeats Quotes
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.
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My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
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This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.
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Between 1776 and 1789, Americans replaced a government over them with a government under them. They have worried ever since about keeping it under. Distrust of its powers has been more common and more visible than distrust of the imperial authority of England ever was before the Revolution.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
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I haven't done fillers or Botox for ages. There comes a point where you have to match bits of you with the other bits; otherwise, you get a terribly random situation.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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It kind of varies according to what I'm doing and what my situation is, but, most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing until the day of.
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All I can say is that I've always felt like a very old soul. When I was 3, I felt 60.
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren't hecklers, and there are a lot of people there to see me, and they're excited about the jokes and hanging out with me for a show.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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Free men are the strongest men.
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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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Whatever flames upon the night Man's own resinous heart has fed.
