William Empson Quotes
Shall I make it clear, boys, for all to apprehend, Those that will not hear, boys, waiting for the end, Knowing it is near, boys, trying to pretend, Sitting in cold fear, boys, waiting for the end?
Quotes to Explore
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It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
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Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a step in this direction.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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I think the Catholic faith is consistent with the kind of conservatism I believe in.
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The first time I worked with colors was by making these mosaics of Pantone swatches. They end up being very large pictures, and I photographed with a very large camera - an 8x10 camera. So you can see the surface of every single swatch - like in this picture of Chuck Close. And you have to walk very far to be able to see it.
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One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.
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When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did.
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When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
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I have lived the life of the entrepreneur, and so I know the pain they are feeling. I know the daily ups and downs they go through. You know, they have their highs and lows sometimes within a matter of hours in a day.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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My mother and I are very close; I guess you would call us 'best friends.'
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It is said that I'm distant and cold. I'm just someone who's very shy. I'm not comfortable doing interviews because I have to talk about myself. To talk about yourself, you have to know yourself pretty well and I feel like there are still some shades in me that I don't know about.
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I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
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I don't speak any other languages, which I'm kind of ashamed about, actually.
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Shall I make it clear, boys, for all to apprehend, Those that will not hear, boys, waiting for the end, Knowing it is near, boys, trying to pretend, Sitting in cold fear, boys, waiting for the end?
