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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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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Everyone loves each other for the pilot. But once you start to do the show, you see everybody's true colors. If it's successful, people start to change, and then if it's not doing well, people start to change in other ways.
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I love living in the country, so much so that I'm even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people - the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city.
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People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.
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In many cases, if we knew what it would take, we might have thought twice about it, so it's often wonderful that we don't have hindsight.
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With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.
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The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.
