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William Butler Yeats Quotes

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all.

William Butler Yeats

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: irish
Birth: June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939

Topics

Hope Man Animal End Dying Dread

Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.

Good Blind Inappropriate How Readers

Gay rights are not primarily marriage rights, and for the millions who live in unaccepting places with no resources, dignity remains elusive. I am lucky to have forged meaning and built identity, but that's still a rare privilege. And gay people deserve more, collectively, than the crumbs of justice.

Marriage Live Justice I Am Identity

We cannot arrive at Shakespeare's whole dramatic way of looking at the world from his tragedies alone, as we can arrive at Milton's way of regarding things, or at Wordsworth's or at Shelley's, by examining almost any one of their important works.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

Alone World Looking Important Way

I'm not a religious person; I'm more of a spiritual person, so I follow the rules of the Bible that coordinate with and connect with the Hebrew culture.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Culture Spiritual Bible Rules Person

The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history.

Change History World Human Profound

God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.

Stanley Hauerwas

God Others More Able Avoid Knows

Music is quicksilver, gossamer; careers are measured in butterfly lifetimes.

Stacey D'Erasmo

Music Butterfly Measured Careers

I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.

Responsibility I Am People Who Quite

Certain Arabs love Dubai because it's not at all like where they live. Certain others hate it for the same reason. When you hear an Osama bin Laden sympathizer rant about the decadence and hypocrisy of the Arab ruling class, you can be certain he's picturing a nightclub in Dubai.

Love Live Hate Dubai You Hypocrisy

I've tried every which way for writing lyrics - everything from using really bizarre imagery and metaphors, sort of obscuring the facts of what I'm singing about, all the way over to a song like 'Losing My Mind,' where you're just reading my thoughts as they're occurring.

Losing Mind Thoughts Singing Song

I'm very private, not the interview type.

Interview Very Type Private

The truth is, I like my body more when it's thinner. I have a range of jeans, and I'm happier in the smaller ones. But I don't have the same drive to get into those jeans. I'm not going to change my day to get there, whereas I used to.

Change Truth Day Drive Truth Is

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