Warsan Shire Quotes
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.
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I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.
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I found it hard being a full-time mum and take my hat off to anyone who can do it.
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If there is anything about your 'self' of which you can be sure, it is that it is anchored in your own body and yours alone. The person you experience as 'you' is here and now and nowhere else.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.
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I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.
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A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
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In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything.
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I love being able to change from big films to small films.
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By mortifying vanity we do ourselves no good. It is the want of interest in our life which produces it; by filling up that want of interest in our life we can alone remedy it. And, did we even see this, how can we make the difference? How obtain the interest which society declares she does not want, and we cannot want?
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The rigors of creativity - the self-doubt, the revising, the solitude - do require a kind of self-consumption. It comes at a cost; a cost that isn't for everyone.
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My sister Naomi and I always wanted to go to Tahiti. We planned a fantastic holiday to visit several islands, but at the last moment, Naomi cancelled. It was the first time I'd holidayed alone, and it was absolutely the best.
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Meadows trim, with daisies pied,Shallow brooks, and rivers wide;Towers and balements it seesBosomed high in tufted trees,Where perhaps some beauty lies,The cynosure of neighboring eyes.
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Not a single one of the men who were close to me has ever had a direction-giving influence on my inclinations, strivings, or my world-view. On the contrary, most of the time I was the guiding spirit. I acquired my view of life, my political line from life itself, and in uninterrupted study from books.
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The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government.
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My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.
