William Shakespeare Quotes

Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund

William Shakespeare

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• Pleasure
• Merry

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• I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.

  

  Kate Middleton
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• With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.

  

  R. Kelly
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  • Song
  • Gift

• Any time you can get a muscle car back, it's a good thing.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • Time
  • Good
  • Car

• I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Great
  • Like
  • One Thing

• Creative people are more prone to depression.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
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• Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.

  

  Aaron Neville
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  • Place
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• I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Think
  • Just
  • Consistent

• I think 'The Wire' really is relatable. It reflects an ongoing issue across America, about inaccuracies in major cities between rich and the poor and some of the things that go on behind the red tape of council and government bodies.

  

  Idris Elba
  • America
  • Government
  • Red

• Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Life
  • Women
  • Children

• Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.

  

  Mara Brock Akil
  • People
  • Time
  • Black

• Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • You
  • Day
  • Year

• The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.

  

  Malcolm de Chazal
  • Think
  • Man
  • Laugh

• I was in a convent for a year.

  

  Beatrice Wood
  • Year
  • Convent

• All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

  

  Ovid
  • Evil
  • All Things
  • Corrupt

• I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Important
  • Woman
  • Meeting

• I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • Time
  • Work
  • Career

• My size is a huge part of me. You just have to appreciate those kinds of things. So I wasn't born with long legs - who cares. You just have to embrace it. Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • Important
  • Long
  • Positive

• Me in my music and onstage – that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.

  

  Banks
  • Music
  • Shining
  • Fears

• To receive more, we must give out what we receive. . . . For it is by giving that we set in operation the unfailing law of measure for measure. With no thought of receiving, it is impossible to avoid receiving, for the abundance you have given is returned to you in fulfillment of the law.

  

  Baird T. Spalding
  • Giving
  • Law
  • Receiving

• If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence there.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Nature
  • Water
  • Grace

• I'm sure I've lost a few jobs because I'm a Christian. That's irrelevant. I can honestly say that of everything I have, of everything I've experienced, nothing compares to the joy of knowing Christ. Because I've been given a glimpse of Heaven and it outshines all of the rest.

  

  Kirk Cameron
  • Lost
  • Joy
  • Rest

• The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Pleasure
  • Pool
  • Renunciation

• History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.

  

  Tim Pawlenty
  • Sacrifice
  • Liberty
  • Brave

• Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Joy
  • Pleasure
  • Merry