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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My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician.
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We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all.
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To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.
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I'm in no hurry to get old. But when I do, I'll be out to enjoy every last minute. I see myself at 90 in some nursing home, waving my walking stick about as I jive to Gene Vincent records.
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For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave; yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory. . .
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What portion in the world can the artist have, Who has awakened from the common dream, But dissipation and despair?
