W. S. Merwin Quotes
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
Ralph Bellamy -
What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
Carles Puigdemont -
Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
Mallory Ortberg -
It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
Taylor Dye -
I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
Rachelle Lefevre -
Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
Calvin Klein
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
Obie Trice -
I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
Damon Galgut -
I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
Nadia Comaneci -
To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
La'Porsha Renae -
My music is best understood by children and animals.
Igor Stravinsky -
All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
W. Clement Stone
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Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
Gail Porter -
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
Ford Frick -
I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
Maluma -
I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
Lady Gaga -
I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
Barbara Hershey -
I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
Taylor Dane
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
Sally Schneider -
Even at your best, the creative moments are still kind of fleeting.
Rivers Cuomo Weezer -
Christmas movies, it's a hard thing to do. The danger is you just end up with a Hollywood star with a Santa beard. You risk it being fake and cheesy and not real.
Peter Baynham -
Trade, migration, and modern communications have given us networks of friends and associates in other countries. We owe them much, but the social contract with our fellow citizens at home brings unique rights and responsibilities that must sometimes take precedence, especially when they are as destitute as the world's poorest people.
Angus Deaton -
While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has become a full-time job to sift through it and separate out the valuable news from the useless noise.
Maria Bartiromo -
Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.
W. S. Merwin