T. S. Eliot Quotes
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
Quotes to Explore
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
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They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.
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After high school, I went to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for a year, and I studied musical theatre. By that point, I was like, 'This is what I want to do.'
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I like to work on T.V. because it's like a normal thing, and then I like to do movies when I'm on break or hiatus.
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Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.
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When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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In 2009, during my inaugural address, I expressed the importance of unprecedented partnerships. Since then, Utah's government, business, and education leaders in communities statewide have worked together more frequently and with better results than ever before.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.
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Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.
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I had a house in Haiti, in the hills above the North Atlantic coast. The house appeared as if out of a dream: my dream to have a foothold in the country. Like many concepts do in Haiti, the phrase 'pied a terre' became literal, material.
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The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating six billion separate encyclopedias, which would prevent any common understanding whatsoever.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
