T. S. Eliot Quotes

I am no prophet - and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,And in short, I was afraid.

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• The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

  

  H. Rap Brown
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• He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.

  

  Ed Wood
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  • Short
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• I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.

  

  Maiwenn
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• As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.

  

  Naturi Naughton 3LW
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• The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.

  

  Jack Nicholson
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• Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.

  

  Dan Ariely
  • People
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• I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.

  

  Ed Weeks
  • People
  • Kid
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• I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Important
  • Sleep
  • Mood

• I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.

  

  Ilie Nastase
  • Wife
  • Police
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• Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.

  

  Malcolm Wallop
  • Important
  • Nation
  • Presence

• I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Up
  • Live
  • Relationship

• I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.

  

  Sam Sheppard
  • Believe
  • May
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• I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.

  

  Tahar Rahim
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  • Character
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• The military executes policy decisions.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Military
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• Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

  

  Wendell Pierce
  • True
  • Self
  • Consequences

• By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
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• A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.

  

  Iain Glen
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  • London
  • Bicycle

• People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.

  

  Kassie DePaiva
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  • Movies
  • Choice

• Wear the cap and the bells And you'll rate all the great swells. If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread. If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead. You get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head. Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.

  

  Cole Porter
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• I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

  

  Brendan Coyle
  • Great
  • Truth
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• No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.

  

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair
  • Time
  • God
  • Man

• I've mainly been sampling jazz because the tone of the chords are expressive in itself, so it's quite nice to write over. It's got interpretations of a lot of different genres, too, a lot of dubby-ness and experimental stuff.

  

  Archy Ivan Marshall
  • Different
  • Nice

• Experiments with animals have long been handicapped by our anthropocentric attitude: We often test them in ways that work fine with humans but not so well with other species.

  

  Frans de Waal
  • Work
  • Long
  • Attitude

• I am no prophet - and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,And in short, I was afraid.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Great
  • Greatness