T. S. Eliot Quotes
Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.
Quotes to Explore
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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Clothes are a big part of a free society, I think, and what you wear is so indicative of the political climate you're living in.
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It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
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Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.
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I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed.
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I was scared, because I knew that in the political arena, you have to satisfy so many different types of people at once, and I wasn't sure that I could speak for everybody and be politically correct.
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I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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The best gift you can give yourself is an open mind.
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If one thinks that one is happy, that is enough to be happy.
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That strange blend of the commercial traveller, the missionary and the barbarian conqueror, which was the American abroad.
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Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.
