Abraham Cowley Quotes
A mighty pain to love it is,And 't is a pain that pain to miss;But of all pains, the greatest painIt is to love, but love in vain.
Quotes to Explore
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
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I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.
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At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.
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All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
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I think quotes are very dangerous things.
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Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.
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Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.
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It's getting worse under Prime Minister Modi. The economic miracle has failed, to a degree, and people are reaching back to a kind of imagined Hindu past for a feeling of pride. And that feeling of pride necessarily comes from denying any kind of Muslim heritage. People my age seem to be becoming illiberal in a way that I'm surprised by.
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In reality I have said very little things; I didn't point out many things to Geoffrey, I trusted very much not only his understanding of what I was doing, or what I wanted to do, in that moment.
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Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
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Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
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Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ageing and seem to acquire more charisma and beauty with time. Who wouldn't want to be like them? That's the trick - to embrace the natural progression of life and to be confident.
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It's not that other countries steal jobs from you guys. It's your strategy. Distribute the money and things in a proper way.
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Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end.
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Even the king of phrasing, Frank Sinatra, did not do as well as Joe Cocker with his reinterpretation of 'Something' by George Harrison, which Sinatra called the greatest love song ever written.
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I've really enjoyed doing 'Annie Get Your Gun' and loved Neil Simon stuff like 'Chapter Two.'
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A mighty pain to love it is,And 't is a pain that pain to miss;But of all pains, the greatest painIt is to love, but love in vain.
