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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If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.'
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To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have to be immersed in the world, you have to go out looking for it. This becomes harder as you get older because there's less energy, the days are shorter for older people and it's not so easy to go out and immerse oneself in the world outside.
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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
