W. H. Auden Quotes

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.

W. H. Auden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I attended Emerson College in Boston, it was confined to the Back Bay, but now it has taken over a lot of Boston, which is great.

Joanna Going

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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.

Anais Nin

LiveMomentMeDreamAheadMiracle

I want my work to be judged, not me.

Steve Coogan

WorkMeWantJudged

As far as spiritual influences in Christian music, I would say Crystal Lewis - a lot of her songs especially. The ministry she has through her songs has really hit me.

Stacie Orrico

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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Sophocles

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Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active role in ensuring that what the United States does abroad is not merely in keeping with a foreign policy elite's sense of realpolitik but also with the American public's own sense of American values.

Mohsin Hamid

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I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever.

Julia Holter

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Immorality, violence, and divorce, with their accompanying sorrows, plague society worldwide.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.

Djuna Barnes

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Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Aretha Franklin

ComebackSayNeverBecauseBeen

Panic implies that there is no rational thought taking place. That we are frozen and incapable of adjusting. Powerless to logic, and subject to seemingly unthinkable behavior.

Anthony Scaramucci

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Therapy needs to be integrated. You mustn't forget about a patient's emotional wellbeing. It is vital to the outcome of their treatment.

Allan Hamilton

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