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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For years I've wanted to write about the Australian countryside, but, like most Australians, I've only got a tourist's knowledge of it. I thought that if I disobeyed that basic rule of writing - write about what you know - I'd write a thin and inauthentic book.
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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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Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
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When being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
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The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.
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A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.
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I'm sort of a gym buff. It's a stress relief for me. But I only go for 20 minutes at a time.
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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?
