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W. H. Auden Quotes

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

W. H. Auden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: english
Birth: February 21, 1907 - September 29, 1973

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Forgiveness Society Unique Party

I grew up in a Chinese American enclave where the person who lived down the street had literally lived down the street from my mother in Shanghai.

Jenny Zhang

Mother American Down Person Street

I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs.

Robert Kiyosaki

Say Things Capital Would Most

'The New Yorker' didn't invent the magazine cartoon, but it did really establish it.

Robert Mankoff

New Cartoon Magazine Did Really

One doesn't make art for other people, even though I am very concerned with the viewer.

Anish Kapoor

Art I Am People Make Even Concerned

I never felt like a good Jew. My mother was not Jewish, and that makes me a non-Jew according to Jewish religious law.

Stephane Hessel

Good Mother Me Law Never Jewish

I'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Myself Bother Even Comparing Chaplin

I had a lot of trouble speaking as a kid. I didn't really speak in coherent sentences until I was, like, 6 years old. There was a long time where everybody was very worried, because my sisters were so advanced for their age, and I would barely talk.

Ronda Rousey

Age Time Speak Long Trouble Talk

Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.

Donald Norman

Control Think Design Always Over

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.

Colm Meaney

Good Theatre Think Advice Worry

I grew up in D.C.

Corey Hawkins

Up Grew

I still think it's weird that people are interested in what I like and what I represent.

Antoni Porowski

People Think Weird Still Interested

I loved being in London. Always walking everywhere, always out and about and always at markets, walking around Brick Lane and Covent Garden and Soho.

Alice Temperley

Loved Walking Garden Brick London