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 had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
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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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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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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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There's plenty of people who've never gotten the opportunity to wrestle at WrestleMania. To perform there and do that, I never thought it would ever happen. I had learned to live with it. So to say I did, that is a big notch in my belt.
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You know you really love someone, when you don't hate them for breaking your heart.
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At the end of the day, Democrats go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far left; Republicans go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far right. Hey, there's a big middle ground here that's not represented. I think that, Bill Weld and myself, I think the Libertarian Party really occupies that ground.
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The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
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The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.
