T. S. Eliot Quotes
If we are moved by a poem, it has meant something, perhaps something important, to us; if we are not moved, then it is, as poetry, meaningless.
Quotes to Explore
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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The problem of different sensitivities of distinct protein groups to lysosomal inhibitors has remained unsolved and may have served as an important trigger in the future quest for a non-lysosomal proteolytic system that may be involved in at least certain aspects of intracellular protein degradation.
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NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
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Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.
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We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006.
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Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
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Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.
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Overall when you work in fashion, you're always in a rush. You're always a little late, always in a hurry. Every single moment's important, so you never have enough time to do what you want to do. It's ridiculous.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.
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I think it is very important to be a method actor.
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I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.
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Even after marriage, our home is important for us.
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I'm not having to go outside and switch the role model hat on. It's me, and it's important for me to leave that legacy to help inspire younger players because I didn't have a role model growing up.
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I enjoy listening to contemporary rock on the college stations while I'm taking long walks, love gospel and soul music, am fascinated by hip-hop and rap as the new kind of urban 'beat' poetry and, come to think of it, find something interesting about just any kind of music.
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Cable's on fire. Traditional broadcast TV's hearing a death knell. I sample as much television as possible. I like 'Homeland,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep.' Now reinvention's important.
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If what distinguishes us from other species is speech, then poetry, which is the supreme linguistic operation, is our anthropological - indeed, genetic - goal.
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Maybe I would have become an actor. I was a very outgoing kid, but being in the hospital - being outside of social action for so long - turned me into an observer. Actually, right after I got out of the hospital, I did start writing a novel, but the book was so transparently about me that I stopped.
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It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the Moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.
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If we are moved by a poem, it has meant something, perhaps something important, to us; if we are not moved, then it is, as poetry, meaningless.
