Edwin Arlington Robinson Quotes
He was himself and he had lost the speedHe started with, and he was left behind.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
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I shop at a lot of vintage stores because the prices are amazing, and I love the idea that there's a history behind the piece I'm wearing.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.
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Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.
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Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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How did abortion and birth control impact the congressional race of Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle or the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? I don't know. But I think the so-called social issues were front and center in the minds of voters. These issues may indeed have lost the Republicans some elections.
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When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.
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I was so lost back then,But with a little help from my friendsI found a light in the tunnel at the end.Now you're calling me up on the phone,So you can have a little whine and a moan.And it's only because you're feeling alone.
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I've had lots of ups and downs. I've had situations where I've gone against the rules, and I've lost everything.
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Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.
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He was himself and he had lost the speedHe started with, and he was left behind.
