Alice Oswald Quotes
One of the rules of Greek lament poetry is that it mustn't mention the dead by name in case of invoking a ghost. Maybe the 'Iliad,' crowded with names, is more than a poem. Maybe it's a dangerous piece of the brightness of both this world and the next.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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It's interesting to have two totally unlikable characters as the love interests on a show.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
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I'd like to work with Justin Bieber. He's talented and he's so young. I know what he's going through. I've lived what he's living through right now. Working with him would complete a circle of sorts for me. And he might find it a worthwhile experience himself.
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We think you should show your flaws to fans because that's what makes them love you more.
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I love Chicago. I wouldn't be where I am now, and I certainly wouldn't have the confidence that I hope that I project, if I'd not lived in Chicago.
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The bomb was necessary to awaken England from her dreams. We dropped the bomb on the floor of the assembly chamber to register our protest on behalf of those who had no other means left to give expression to their heart-rending agony. Our sole purpose was to make the deaf hear and give the heedless a timely warning. Others have as keenly felt as we have done and from such seeming stillness of the sea of Indian humanity, a veritable storm is about to break out.
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You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live
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One of the rules of Greek lament poetry is that it mustn't mention the dead by name in case of invoking a ghost. Maybe the 'Iliad,' crowded with names, is more than a poem. Maybe it's a dangerous piece of the brightness of both this world and the next.
