T. S. Eliot Quotes
Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it towards some overwhelming question
Quotes to Explore
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse than false-positive errors.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here.
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I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
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Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
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I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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Pressure for the most part comes from this overarching concern that if I head into the election season without sufficient resources, then any outside group, any individual, any super PAC may choose to come in to my district and overwhelm it and take over the airwaves and control the debate.
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I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.
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Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.
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We are like petri dishes, where we can innovate, but we want to do it carefully and thoughtfully.
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The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body.
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Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it towards some overwhelming question
