William Butler Yeats Quotes
The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart.
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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
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If you focus on the actions of others and allow them to constantly upset you, then you are handing your peace over to them and giving away your power.
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Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
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I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves.
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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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I was taking a break from university so I could play handball full-time for a year.
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I don't want any yes – men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
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I have no fancy living at all. Well, I have a house in Sun Valley. Five acres in the woods. I guess that's fancy.
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I'd read Stone Cold's biography about how he lived on, like, raw potatoes, and I thought, this is all part of it. This is what wrestlers do, and this is what I'm going to do.
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You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something.
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We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.
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I think I look great in pretty much everything... kidding! For the red carpet, I like to do really natural eyes and a nice sleek ponytail. Sometimes I'm into a really dark rouge, purple bold lip.
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Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.
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Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.
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Preparing mentally takes more out of you than the physical aspect of it.
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Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.
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I want to commend our ground staff for taking care of our facility. They did an awesome job. We have green grass, where a lot of people have brown dirt.
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The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart.
