William Ernest Henley Quotes

It is the artist's function not to copy but to synthesise: to eliminate from that gross confusion of actuality which is his raw material whatever is accidental, idle, irrelevant, and select for perpetuation that only which is appropriate and immortal.

William Ernest Henley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 23, 1849 - July 11, 1903

Topics

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I just feel like this guy who's visiting the music business over the weekend. Every time I write a song, I feel like it's never going to happen again.

John Grant

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Should Filipinos decide to have me as their leader, I will ensure that just like in Makati, everyone will benefit from whatever development our country would attain. No one will be left behind.

Jejomar Binay

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I could manage my life so much better if an app could tell me exactly when my parcels will be delivered so I don't spend the day under virtual house arrest.

Jen Lancaster

LifeDayMeBetterMy LifeHouse

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

Robert Goulet

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Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.

Sophie Marceau

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Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.

Steven Tyler

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I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world.

Tommy Chong

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Yahoo is still in many ways the definitive brand of the consumer Internet, but I don't think they can or should compete with Google any longer. That game is over.

Ross Levinsohn

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I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism.

Michael York

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I'm not a 'Twilight' boy; I'll never be as good looking as those lads, and that's fair enough.

Luke Evans

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One day when I was bored, I just went down to a powerlifting gym, Via Strength Systems in Albuquerque. I knew I needed to expend my energy somehow. I started working out with them four days a week. I became obsessed with lifting and being fit.

Jon Jones

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'No Sweetness Here' is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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