William Wordsworth Quotes

"What is good for a bootless bene?" With these dark words begins my tale; And their meaning is, Whence can comfort spring When prayer is of no avail?

William Wordsworth

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• Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Music
  • Think
  • Talent

• When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Young
  • Finish
  • Craft

• Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Experience
  • Failure
  • End

• Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.

  

  Edmund White
  • Success
  • Me
  • Boy

• I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.

  

  Taylor Spreitler
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.

  

  Yuna
  • Racism
  • Generations
  • Fairness

• There is a lot of negativity that you welcome into your life when you're an actor. You bare your soul for anyone to see.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Life
  • Soul
  • Welcome

• I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• I do think it's possible to change for the better.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Think
  • Change
  • Better

• I'm a Cubs fan. As a kid, the Cubs were my team.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • Team
  • Kid
  • Fan

• Imagine if I'd said, 'I have to be the best actress - I want that and nothing else.' I never would have directed. I never would have produced. I never would have done a beauty line. I would have just worried about getting a job or been frustrated that I wasn't getting the job that I wanted. I was ready to be a businesswoman.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Done
  • Job
  • Best

• There are many traditionally published authors who have hated the cover their publisher's decided on. Or the title or the marketing or the advertising. But there was nothing they could do about it.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Marketing
  • Advertising
  • Many

• I've been honored to take part in protests and events across Illinois, joining with thousands of you in the resistance, making calls, sending letters, and making sure Washington understands that we will not allow the ACA to be repealed.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • You
  • Take
  • Resistance

• Being a rock star isn't all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • Me
  • Rock
  • Star

• And we’ll work to strengthen families by removing the financial deterrents to marriage for low-income couples, and do more to encourage fatherhood - because what makes you a man isn’t the ability to conceive a child; it’s having the courage to raise one.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Work
  • Marriage
  • Courage

• She's anything but typical;She's so unpredictable.Oh but even at her worst it ain't that bad.She's as real as real can beAnd she's every fantasy.Lord she's every lover that I've ever had.And she's every lover that I've never had.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Real
  • She
  • Bad

• At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.

  

  Alexander Woollcott
  • Good
  • Mind

• However far modern science and technics have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson: Nothing is impossible.

  

  Lewis Mumford
  • Science

• Microsoft first entered the living room with Ultimate TV way back in 2000 - a year before Apple's first iPod was announced. Ultimate TV offered consumers a DVR and supporting online services, including 14 days of programming and the ability to record 35 hours of programming. Microsoft's reach was then thwarted when Echostar acquired DIRECTV.

  

  Jay Samit

• We were driving by the local athletic association in Orange Park, Florida, and there was this sign for T-ball signups. I was maybe 6 or 7, and my dad looked at me and said, 'Hey, do you wanna give this a try?'

  

  Billy Butler
  • Dad
  • Driving

• Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides, there isn't going to be any war. . . . If either of you boys says 'war' just once again, I'll go in the house and slam the door.

  

  Vivien Leigh
  • War
  • Fun
  • Party

• In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day's business.

  

  William Penn
  • Home
  • Waiting
  • Prayer

• "What is good for a bootless bene?" With these dark words begins my tale; And their meaning is, Whence can comfort spring When prayer is of no avail?

  

  William Wordsworth
  • Prayer
  • Spring