Alexander Pope Quotes
Our passions are like convulsion-fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.
Alexander Pope
Quotes to Explore
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Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.
Umberto Eco
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I never really ate that bad, I just ate too much. It wasn't like I had to switch to whole wheat bread or something like that. I really just had to eat less of what I was eating, and I had to exercise more.
Patrick Stump
Fall Out Boy
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Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there's a current and just stare into the water. I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't scuba, I don't spear, don't boat, don't play basketball or football - I excel at staring into space. I'm really good at that.
Iggy Pop
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Sometimes I wish I was more comfortable just saying what I thought and getting my point across.
Maisie Williams
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There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.
Laura Osnes
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Mary Magdalene beat her breasts and sobbed, His dear disciple, stone-faced, stared. His mother stood apart. No other looked into her secret eyes. Nobody dared. - 1940-1943
Anna Akhmatova
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I always loved the guitar, from when I was quite little. My dad had a G banjo at the house that he played. When he had parties, my sisters always played piano, and my dad played banjo.
Dave Davies
The Kinks
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We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey when you are in a band together.
Dolores O'Riordan
The Cranberries
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
Qandeel Baloch
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The first and best way to say 'no' to anyone is, 'How am I supposed to do that?' Now the other side actually has no idea as to the number of things you've done with them at the same time. You conveyed to them you have a problem.
Christopher Voss
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Our passions are like convulsion-fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.
Alexander Pope