William Shakespeare Quotes

When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.

William Shakespeare

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• When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Strong
  • Day
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• Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Democracy
  • Human
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• The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.

  

  Ralph Merkle
  • Suffering
  • Human
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• When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period piece from maybe 100 years previously. I had no idea that was what everybody was supposed to be wearing.

  

  Caitlin Moran
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• In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.

  

  Pat Brown
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• Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.

  

  Kate Hudson
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  • Happiness
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• Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.

  

  Ian Botham
  • Up
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• I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

  

  Larry David
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• Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.

  

  Karen Bender
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• If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Time
  • Unique
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• I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.

  

  Parker Stevenson
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Life
  • Great
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• We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.

  

  Eamon de Valera
  • Waste
  • Cannot
  • Idleness

• In 2014, Utah cities Salt Lake City and Provo both surpassed Silicon Valley in per-deal venture capital averages. From large, multi-campus companies to promising start-ups, Silicon Slopes offers a promising climate for businesses. The entire tech industry has its eyes on Utah.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • City
  • Eyes
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• Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.

  

  Karen Traviss
  • Up
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• We are quite at ease in this no man's land of ignorance and doubt and dispute, absorbed in the ambiguities of trying to reach truth by mixing fact with invention.

  

  Barry Unsworth
  • Trying
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• You can't play a guy who's just a snake, because what do you draw on?

  

  J. K. Simmons
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• A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.

  

  Oliver Ellsworth
  • Business
  • Desire
  • Common

• When a person inflates his own importance, he does not see his own sins; and his sins get bigger right along with him.

  

  Leo Tolstoy

• I really enjoy seeing people interpret it, and what meaning they find in my music. My brain is just an echo chamber of my own thoughts and most of them are crazy, so I like to hear other people's opinions. It's nice.

  

  Ashnikko
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  • Music
  • Meaning

• I've made some movies that I really loved that nobody saw.

  

  Annette Bening

• Win the game in your mind, before the starting whistle.

  

  William Cranch Bond
  • Winning
  • Games
  • Starting

• I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.

  

  George Clooney
  • Littles
  • Fame
  • Lessons

• When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Earth
  • Horse
  • Musical