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.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.
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I want to move people the way Edith Piaf did.
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We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.
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A stronger E.U. of defence makes NATO stronger.
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At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
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What we need to do is run our business. We need to come up with a value prop that is so compelling that customers have to go for it.
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I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!
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As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease.
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I don't want to be the center of attention, which is ironic. I hate having all eyes on me - unless it's for my job, and my job is playing football. I'm not that attention-hungry.
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We have to engineer devices that are going to work in space stations. Those same things are going to work in the most remote regions on Earth.
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Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.
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I have absolutely no dancing background. I think I took one swing class when I was in college, with a friend of mine. I think I went twice.
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American cities are not scaled to the energy diet of the future. They have become too large. They're over-scaled.
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Yes, people do come across the street to say hi, but as they approach and get near, my perception of space begins to dissolve, and a new interest takes over that is primarily emotional, and with it comes a desire to touch, which may be a human interest, but not the interest of my work.
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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!
