William Shakespeare Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When we find ourselves in that position, without a story, without our moorings, a great many people become vulnerable to authority figures telling us to fear one another and relinquish our rights for the greater good.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.
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It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you have.
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It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.
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A rap is a tweaked version of comedy, because comedy came first. People weren't spitting before they were doing comedy. Comedy has been relevant for years. It's the same art form, pretty much. Discovering that and applying it, I think that has made my stand-up better.
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Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.
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I remember going to my school careers advisor and asked about jobs that required scuba divers. It was a phase.
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More matter with less art.
