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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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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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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The Asian male has an interesting history as far as Western appropriation. At one point, we were completely sexless Chinamen building the railroads. Then, World War II came around, and it was like, Asian guys are coming after the white women. We became a menace for a second.
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When we become immobilized by our own inability to deal directly with what is a commonly perceived truth and reality, we are in trouble as a nation.
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I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?
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Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
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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.
