Edward Elgar Quotes
The enigma I will not explain – its 'dark saying' must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.
Quotes to Explore
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the whole DC comics world and the Batman world before I was part of 'Gotham.'
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue to pursue its search for democracy.
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That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
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I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.
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I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.
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I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people's hands. But I'm kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice.
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I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised by my friends.
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I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with the question of "how did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all / he didn't do it to gain power or money as I recall," and its sweep reaches all the way to this part of the world. I think maybe I'm a translator, because I lived in both worlds and truly understand them. I understand the discontent that comes from not having. But I also understand the anxiety that comes from wealth and convenience.
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Redeemed how I love to proclaim it. Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Redeemed thru His infinite mercy His child and forever I am.
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The enigma I will not explain – its 'dark saying' must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.
