T. S. Eliot Quotes
I say to you: Make perfect your will. / I say: take no thought of the harvest, / But only of proper sowing.
Quotes to Explore
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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Before, I could meet and greet all my fans one by one, but now, it's hard to remember all of their names. And my actions can sometimes cause misunderstandings. If I bow to one side, I've heard people from the other side ask why I didn't bow there.
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
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When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.
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Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.
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The weather in California is so much hotter than it is in England that it's absolutely changed my style. I have many more dresses and shorts than I ever thought I would coming from U.K.! It's so much easier to dress femininely in a warm climate.
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It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to figure out how to get to.
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In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.
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Power can shape 'truth,' but not forever.
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To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.
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My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways.
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I would get up at 3 in the morning and write. Or sometimes I would write at midnight. Or I would write when my child napped. It wasn't a burden. I was so enthused about what I was doing at the time that I really didn't mind.
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I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.
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Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The light spread until the patch of Dark Thing had vanished, and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure.
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Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.
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I did watch the whole run of 'The Walking Dead.'
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I like a man who smells good. Puts on cologne; lotions his body. It keeps me wanting. I like feeling that way.
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I say to you: Make perfect your will. / I say: take no thought of the harvest, / But only of proper sowing.
