William Shakespeare Quotes
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I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I'm down for adventure and up for anything.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.
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Big cities do evoke a sense of menace.
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You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
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I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy.
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There are different types of talents and intelligences, and traditional schools sometimes ignore the creative ones. It is important for us to give kids every platform for them to find what they are good at and what they love. The arts also provide a space for newfound creativity.
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I'd love to do a film with Michael Fassbender. He's one of my heroes. I think he's absolutely amazing and I would love to do a project with him.
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I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
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God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.
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We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us from seeing it.
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The reason women don't vote for Republicans is not that they haven't had the impact of Republican policies spelled out in simple enough terms for them. It's because they understand Republican policies perfectly well. Women vote against Republicans because they know the impact Republican policies have on their lives.
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I think there is one smashing rule: never face the facts.
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Love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.