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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Often they benefit who suffer wrong.
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I realized all the writing I love lives in the gray area.
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Besides, everywhere, life is getting longer, marriages fall apart, divorce is a reality that happens even where the law doesn't sanction it. It remains the tradition that women are trusted to take care of the children.
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Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.
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They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.
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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.
