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William Cowper Quotes

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: english
Birth: November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800

Topics

Love Hope Sad Death Love Is Despair

Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out.

Myself Moment Brain Writing Think

The hypocrisy and false piety of the deniers aside, the relationships of gays have no effect on heteros. Especially all the heteros who've done such a marvelous job of debasing marriage on their own all these many years.

Marriage Job Hypocrisy Done Own

Quentin Tarantino is controlled insanity, I would say. He's very loud and fun. I don't think there's anybody on the planet like him that I have ever met.

Fun Think Insanity Say Him Planet

Digital books and other texts are increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers and libraries.

Jonathan Zittrain

Control Digital Coming Books Readers

When I'm angry on TV, I'm actually not. I'm manipulating you as an owner.

Angry You Owner TV Actually

For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones.

Sea Tree People Better Know Wild

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

Age Myself Me Size Whatever Been

I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.

Myself See I See Chameleon

This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.

Relationship Enough Sex Understand

Two songs I like are 'High Flying Adored' and 'Another Suitcase Another Hall,' both from 'Evita.'

Flying Two High Like Songs Suitcase

Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards.

Gambling Cards Sometimes Why Over

I practice what has come to be called behavioral economics.

Practice Economics Come Behavioral

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