William Ernest Henley Quotes
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.
Quotes to Explore
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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I always start my campaigns early, and I run hard. Maybe it comes from the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco politics, where it's not even a contact sport - it's a blood sport. This is how I am as a candidate. This is how I run campaigns.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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I don't really yell at people.
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If I got hit by a truck, I would want to go to hospital, but if something is bothering me I will see my naturopath.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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You could pack for a trip to Europe with the bags under my eyes!
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I bought Justin Bieber's house... He had, like, this nook under the stairs which I didn't need, so I covered it up. When I ran into him, he was like 'What did you do with the nook? I used to go in there and play video games.' When I told him it was gone, he was so upset. I didn't think this 20-year-old boy would even care!
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Broken institutions are an opportunity rather than a time to go home.
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How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.
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[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
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This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.
