William Browne Quotes
The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.
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Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the U.S.A. and China.
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A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
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Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button.
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As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant.
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In our sport, there's only two people, so if you're not winning, then you're losing.
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It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something!
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We write to tell a story, to describe an event, to imagine or explain what has been or will happen, to warn or touch or inspire. We write to express our most profound emotions—love and hatred, joy and sorrow, humor and sadness.
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You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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Bye, Bye Miss American Pie, drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. Good old boys drinking whiskey and rye, singing, this'll be the day that I die.
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The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.
