William Butler Yeats Quotes
What portion in the world can the artist have, Who has awakened from the common dream, But dissipation and despair?
Quotes to Explore
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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I still have a young attitude.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.
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The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere, so there's always a hidden face. There's one that is revealed because there's light reflecting on it, but there's always a hidden one, and once you go around to see the hidden one, it moves, and that's life.
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They hate whom they fear.
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When I was in charge of the Christian Coalition I was available to mobilize grass roots support for somebody.
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At the close of life the question will be not how much have you got, but how much have you given; not how much have you won, but how much have you done; not how much have you saved, but how much have you sacrificed; how much have you loved and served, not how much were you honored.
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A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny.
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My secret is that I have never thought there is a secret to anything in life. Passion. Love. Drive. Work. Work. Work. Dull but true.
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In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity?
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What portion in the world can the artist have, Who has awakened from the common dream, But dissipation and despair?
