William Shakespeare Quotes
Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
Quotes to Explore
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Learning in a face-to-face human community, as humans have evolved to do over hundreds of thousands of years, may always be the ideal - especially in an endeavor that is as relationship-driven as business.
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
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I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
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When I was born, they put casts on my legs 'cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.
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Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.
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Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.
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I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.
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Women are penalized both for deviating from the masculine norm and for appearing to be masculine. When women try to establish their competence, they are scrutinized for evidence that they lack masculine (instrumental) characteristics as well as for signs that they no longer possess female (expressive) ones. They are taken to fail, in other words, both as a male and as a female.
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Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
