William Butler Quotes
The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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Whatever you build, you're building for the family - not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie.
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But I was sure of one thing. If God were a father, with children, that cleanliness I had been feeling wasn't God.
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'So you say, so you say,' murmured Fflewddur, hurrying after him. 'Look closer into your heart. You may find your opinion to be somewhat different.'
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We don’t forgive being as we are.
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In a creative business, if you're happy, it will come out in your work. I don't see how you can be happy if you don't like the people you're working with and if they aren't a joy to have fun with.
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Every field piece I did on 'The Daily Show' was a story that lasted five to six minutes. We had a protagonist, we had an antagonist and often put them at odds. We knew the story we wanted to tell before we went in, and often it was about plugging whatever character you have - in this case, a real person - into said part.
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I love playing for Ireland, and I love soccer, but when it comes down to it, I would choose boxing as my number one sport, as I'd miss it too much if I wasn't involved.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'
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I've learned to accept the fact that my students are far too busy preparing for their own legal careers to care one bit about the off-campus antics of Professor Burke. I get the impression that my students are vaguely aware of my novels, but are at best mildly curious.
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Just looking when I was little at pictures of cars and houses that I wanted - it gives you a certain motivation, it gives you a goal.
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Anytime I mentioned I wanted to be an actress, my friends were not that supportive.
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I have been studying women's political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris.
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Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.
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I'm happiest with people who've gotten furthest from traditional ideas of nationalism.
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I was a terrible student, but I never missed a music class. In fact, I don't even think I attended most of my gen-ed classes, but I never missed a single music class.
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The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.
