T. S. Eliot Quotes
Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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Because I was the only child, I was completely indulged. My father thought I was the best looking boy. And even though I was at 100 kgs., he dismissed it as puppy fat. He thought that the sun came out of my head. If I got five out of ten marks, he thought I was half there and had only half way more to go.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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I am a journalist.
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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.
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My comfort zone has always been in an ensemble-type atmosphere.
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Step through new doors. The majority of the time there's something fantastic on the other side.
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I was a frustrated astronaut all my life. I grew up at a time when space seemed to have no boundaries, and lots of us presumed humans would be living on the moon and landing on Mars.
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Patience, they say, is a virtue. Yet in times of emergency, the government needs to be able to make snap decisions and take bold, decisive action to protect the American people.
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You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.
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Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
