William Morris Quotes
Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.
Quotes to Explore
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
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Often it seems that there are writers who are their best selves on the page. That Seamus Heaney was as genuine and deeply admirable in person as in his poems was to me a gift, then as now.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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I myself am a former commando fighter.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.
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If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
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My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.
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He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
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As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.
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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
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There are certain projects that you love to be involved in, no matter what the capacity, and there are certain projects that I probably wouldn't even consider getting behind.
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Among us, I am happy to say, old age is honorable, and regarded as a blessing from the Lord. It is our duty to desire to live long upon the earth, that we may do as much good as we possibly can. I esteem it a great privilege to have the opportunity of living in mortality. The Lord has sent us here "for a wise and glorious purpose," and it should be our business to find out what that purpose is and then to order our lives accordingly.
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Projective geometry has opened up for us with the greatest facility new territories in our science, and has rightly been called the royal road to our particular field of knowledge.
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When writing about transcendental issues, be transcendentally clear.
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I think we have to say it's okay to be angry. It's not all right to be violent. I know it would make people happy if I said I could wave my hand and make people behave less violently. I am not that presumptuous. We have a moral responsibility to share the resources of this country.
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Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.
