William Carlos Williams Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use.
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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.
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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
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I'd love to do a film with Michael Fassbender. He's one of my heroes. I think he's absolutely amazing and I would love to do a project with him.
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People stopped me on the street and said 'I can't live up to you.' Of course, they're referring to June Cleaver.
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You realize mortality is everywhere.
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They are, as it were, train-bearers in the pageant of life, and hold a glass up to humanity, frailer than itself. We see ourselves at second-hand in them: they show us all that we are, all that we wish to be, and all that we dread to be. What brings the resemblance nearer is, that, as they imitate us, we, in our turn, imitate them. There is no class of society whom so many persons regard with affection as actors.
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I saw the sky and sea and sand and the flickering flames of the bonfire through my tears. All at once, it rushed into my head with tremendous speed, and made me feel dizzy. It was beautiful. Everything that happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.
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I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights; rather, I am focusing on women to be independent to fight for themselves.
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The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.
