Arthur Symons Quotes

And I would have, now love is over,An end to all, an end:I cannot, having been your lover,Stoop to become your friend!

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• My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • World
  • Light
  • Spirit

• I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Women
  • Career
  • Thought

• I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.

  

  A. James Clark
  • Way
  • Like
  • Always

• When we see that our problem is so complicated and so all-encompassing in its intent and content, then we realize that it is no longer a Negro problem, confined only to the American Negro; that it is no longer an American problem, confined only to America, but it is a problem for humanity.

  

  Malcolm X
  • American
  • America
  • Problem

• I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Long
  • History
  • View

• Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Die
  • Sense

• 'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • War
  • Political
  • Culture

• I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Men
  • Kind
  • More

• We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.

  

  Yochai Benkler
  • Power
  • Fear
  • Blow

• I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.

  

  Tao Okamoto
  • Good
  • Different
  • School

• When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Goal
  • Defeat
  • Sail

• No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.

  

  Jack L. Chalker
  • Me
  • Books
  • Certainly

• A lot of people get stereotyped into roles just from how they look, and I have played such a variety of characters.

  

  Haley Lu Richardson
  • People
  • Look
  • Variety

• I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Poets
  • Influenced
  • Painters

• I want to move people the way Edith Piaf did.

  

  Laura Branigan
  • People
  • Want
  • Way

• We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

  

  Mara Brock Akil
  • Work
  • American
  • Culture

• A stronger E.U. of defence makes NATO stronger.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Stronger
  • Defence
  • NATO

• At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Work
  • Age
  • Me

• I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I'm reviewing a book or doing research.

  

  Beth Gutcheon
  • Book

• The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation.

  

  Brian Eno Roxy Music
  • Band

• On the day long after childhood when I suddenly heard of his death, the sky grew dark above my head. I was walking on a Southern highway, and a friend driving in a pony carriage passed me, stopped and said, "Have you heard that Charles Dickens is dead?" It was as if I had been robbed of one of my dearest friends.

  

  Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
  • Long
  • Friends
  • Death

• '24' is not an anti-government show, really. We've always relied on Jack to fight for the greater good in his own way, and at times, '24' is very patriotic. For me personally, I definitely pay attention to things in a different way.

  

  Mary Lynn Rajskub
  • Good
  • Different
  • Attention

• A screenplay adaptation of my 'Punktown' novel 'Health Agent' has been making the rounds. The screenplay was written by my friend, singer/songwriter Walter Egan of 'Magnet & Steel' fame!

  

  Jeffrey Thomas
  • Health
  • Friend

• And I would have, now love is over,An end to all, an end:I cannot, having been your lover,Stoop to become your friend!

  

  Arthur Symons
  • Friend