Taliesin Quotes
I shared my shelter, a ninth share in Arthur's valour. I broke a hundred forts. I slew a hundred stewards. I bestowed a hundred mantles. I cut off a hundred heads. I gave to an old chief very great swords of protection.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.
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I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.
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Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.
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Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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Let's face it; by and large math is not easy, but that's what makes it so rewarding when you conquer a problem, and reach new heights of understanding.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
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The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.
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I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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Readiness for God means that we are ready to do the tiniest little thing or the great big thing, it makes no difference.
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There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.
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I shared my shelter, a ninth share in Arthur's valour. I broke a hundred forts. I slew a hundred stewards. I bestowed a hundred mantles. I cut off a hundred heads. I gave to an old chief very great swords of protection.
