T. S. Eliot Quotes
If time and space, as sages say, Are things which cannot be, The sun which does not feel decay No greater is than we. So why, Love, should we ever pray To live a century? The butterfly that lives a day Has lived eternity.
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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I've never been a partier.
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After my primary school education, I started gathering little children by visiting parents to ask if they wanted somebody to care for their kids by teaching them the Bible. I have never attended any seminary school or Bible college in my life.
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And for the first time in a long time, I'm playing along somebody that has that same energy and fire and plays pretty much the same way I do. So, that was just nice to say.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'
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Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.
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I don't think poetry has a readership anywhere, really, that's that big.
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Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.
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If time and space, as sages say, Are things which cannot be, The sun which does not feel decay No greater is than we. So why, Love, should we ever pray To live a century? The butterfly that lives a day Has lived eternity.
