William Carlos Williams Quotes
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
W. S. Merwin
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
Paracelsus
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
Eamon de Valera
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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.
N. Scott Momaday
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
Larry Flynt
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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.'
Sam Rockwell
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
Jack Vance
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Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use.
Warren Spector
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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
Walter Gilbert
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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.
Malorie Blackman
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
Imogen Cunningham
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
Fran Drescher
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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.
Natalie Portman
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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.
Jackie Evancho
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I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
Sam Cooke
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
Larry Brown
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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.
A.J. Styles
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When I lost my weight, I went and bought about 15 different types of underwear to see what would look good on my new body. It's exciting!
Richard Simmons
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This is about a deterrence effect to stop the Syrian regime targeting their own civilians. I think it would be enforceable from the Mediterranean using US French and UK military capability already out there. It would mean the aerial bombardment of Syrian civilians would stop, and it would create space for peace talks.
Jo Cox
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
Andrew Vachss
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The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.
William Carlos Williams