William Wycherley Quotes
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Acting is in your soul.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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Everything can be satirized.
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Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.
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Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda.
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Everyone learns from their experiences.
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Leading from behind doesn't work.
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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You have giant Facebook, which wants people to be more engaged, and they also want to grow and trade different things, including content.
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If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
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Family is the most important thing: you can't buy them with money.
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I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in.
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'We should let love be uppermost in our hearts because all our doings without love are nothing.'
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Poetry in love is no more to be avoided than jealousy.
