William Carleton Quotes
Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so.
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Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take.
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There is nothing cooler than to have them singing your words back to you. The last show I did, I was kind of nervous about putting the mic out there, because you're not sure how it's going to go. But I did, and they sang the whole chorus. I thought, 'Holy crap! That is the coolest feeling.' It's the biggest rush ever.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.
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My career was quite unusual, so my main advice to someone interested in a career similar to my own is to remain open to change and new opportunities. I like to tell students that the jobs I took after my Ph.D. were not in existence only a few years before.
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As someone who gets nervous in silences, I spill words rather than really think.
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It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
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Words matter. Words matter when you run for president. And they really matter when you are president.
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No words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe.
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The greatest acting really is spoken without words, or at least I like to think that.
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At the end of the day, I want to be known for my ability to create life from words.
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Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm.
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You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.
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Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.
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The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.
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I always thought of words as art supplies.
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And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.
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Probably the best advice I ever got in my life was from the head of the accounting department, Mr. Hutchinson, I believe at the Glidden Company in Chicago, and he told me, 'You really aren't cut out for accounting.'
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Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
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I try not to match too much. You know, if there's a blue coat and a blue shirt and a blue tie, I try to stay away from that. I'd rather have a blue coat and a yellow shirt and a pink tie. I don't like to look too matching. You know those mismatched socks kids wear? That's my idea of a good suit.
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I really approached the film as if it was a white big piece of paper and I was going to draw a picture on it. And whether that picture was good or bad, whatever people thought of it, what they could never take away was that it was my picture.
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White House officials acknowledge in broad terms that a president's time and public rhetoric are among his most valuable policy tools.
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Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so.
