T. S. Eliot Quotes
Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
Quotes to Explore
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
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Poor diet and sedentary behaviour have led to an increase in obesity and lifestyle-related disease and a huge rise in chronic medical conditions.
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Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs as other children.
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If you want to go out for a hunting trip and shoot cans with your son and a .22, that's fine. Do I need an AK-47 with a 100-round magazine if I'm going on a hunting trip? No. It is, to borrow a phrase from Confucius, like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
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I've spent a lot of time self-reflecting. Especially as an actor, you have to know yourself really well in order to do things effectively. And when I dress, I dress for me. I don't dress to make other people think that I'm this way or that way.
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My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never hear me get up and speak without in some way, shape or form, referencing, Dr. King.
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Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
