William Shakespeare Quotes
That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
Quotes to Explore
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Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.
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I don't like allegories.
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I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write.
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Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
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As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.
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When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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I do know some missed tackles usually that comes down to leverage, and I know those are correctable and fixable.
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When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.
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I think, though, that people will read into a reporter's story a bias that they want to see in a reporter.
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Until I was 16 or 17, I had heard practically nothing about the history that preceded 1945. Only when we were 17 were we confronted with a documentary film of the opening of the Belsen camp.
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I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader.
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A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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I channel surf like probably most people.
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As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older.
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Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
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An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise the play may never open; or it may open but, for a lack of an audience, close after a week. Similarly, an idea will not move from the fringes to the mainstream simply because it is good; it must be skillfully marketed before it will actually shift people's perceptions and behavior.
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The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say "Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering" - come on. For us, even in the rotten ones, we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer.
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And why, by the way, did it take Arabs to do what people here should have done a long time ago?
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That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
