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William Davenant Quotes

Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.

William Davenant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: english
Birth: 1606 - April 7, 1668

Topics

River Fame Where Off Like Afar

Somehow we got used to death, and then we dehumanised it. We account for conflicts in figures. Ebola is 13,500 infected, 5,000 people have died... People are losing their sense of empathy, their sense of wanting to do something.

Death Empathy Losing People Used

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

Win Building Tough Decisions You

I grew up in the middle of a block where there was an Irish grocery store on one corner, an Italian bar on another corner and the Nazi Party was on the third corner.

Party Irish Bar Corner Up Middle

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.

Weird Drunk Rhythm Singer Started

We came out in the midst of the hippie hangover. All this mellow music.

Music Out Hippie Hangover Midst

There are certain artworks that I respond to, artists that I respond to. It's an intellectual reaction but it's also a biological reaction. And the excitement that the work can generate - how it makes you feel about not only your intellectual possibilities but your physical possibilities in this world. How it feels to be alive!

Work World Feel Possibilities You

One of my favorite things - and I am sure everybody else's in this Chamber - is to give away money. You really don't get much opposition when you give away money.

Money I Am You Opposition Things

I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.

Me Weird Information Too Much Page

To be perfectly honest, it isn't fair that people have used my personality, and the sacrifices I make because I want to, as an indication that I want to be in a political office.

Personality People Political Want

It'd be cool to do something with Coldplay, and Ryan Tedder's amazing.

Amazing Cool Something Ryan Coldplay

The cool thing about 'Transparent' is that the show is funny but not like a sitcom is funny. It all comes down to the writing... The writers on that show are so good that you don't have to worry about anything. There are so many things that can go wrong making a TV show or a movie, but if the writing's good, that's, like, 95 percent of it.

Funny Good Cool Writing Worry You

Be not scared to use your voice.

Voice Scared Your Use

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