Edwin Arlington Robinson Quotes
Are we no greater than the noise we makeAlong one blind atomic pilgrimageWhereon by crass chance billeted we goBecause our brains and bones and cartilageWill have it so?
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One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.
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It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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I have a real interest in baking. I'd love to go to culinary school. That's actually my plan: to graduate high school and go to culinary school.
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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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I went to Cuba maybe eight or nine times.
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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
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Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from.
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I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it.
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I have been thinking a lot about what we see in villains, how we relate to villains, and what it is about certain villains that we actually empathize with. Like Macbeth. We're not supposed to like a guy who kills the king and takes over, but there's something about him we're really fascinated by.
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After a post-Bill Berry softening with albums like 'Up' and 'Reveal,' R.E.M. seems to be toughening up again; on the strength of the first single, 'Discoverer,' the band's new record looks to continue with the same muscular rock and roll that defined its last album, 'Accelerate.'
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Sometimes it's easy to see the negative side of things or question why people bully you. You could think, 'Maybe they're right. Maybe I'm not worth it. Maybe I should just quit.' But that's when you should fight the hardest. Now I don't mean fight physically, but mentally. Keep being you.
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I fought fire with oil.
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I'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show.
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The Bush Doctrine is a prescription for permanent war for permanent peace, though wars are the death of republics.
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Human beings are emotional amoral egoists, driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable.
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The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.
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Conscience, that boon companion who sets a man free under the strong breastplate of innocence, that bids him on and fear not.
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You are the home I point to that lives in my chest.
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I usually hire people who have very exemplary work experience. Where they went to school, or what degree they have, really has no play into the hiring decision.
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The clean delicate lines of her figure, the exquisite pure colouring of hair and skin, the charming young arrogance of the eyes - this was beauty, he reflected, a miracle, a revelation. Her virginal fineness and her dress, which was the tint of pale fire, gave her the air of a creature of ice and flame.
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Are we no greater than the noise we makeAlong one blind atomic pilgrimageWhereon by crass chance billeted we goBecause our brains and bones and cartilageWill have it so?
