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W. H. Auden Quotes

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Proud Fame Him Writer Vain Seldom

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I'm going to be my best right now. That's what faith is all about.

Faith Today Best You Now Right

My grandmother was the type of woman who always smiled and said, 'Treat people like you want to be treated, and life is so much easier.' My mom is the same way.

Life Woman People Mom Treat You

The idea of politics is just so uninteresting to me - I've never paid much attention to it. I don't believe things can really change. It doesn't matter who's president. Nothing really gets resolved. I don't know. I guess that's not the right attitude to take.

Change Attitude Politics Me Believe

My patient population has a low recidivism rate, but if they haven't made up their minds that it is permanent, then of course, they will fail.

Will Minds Patient Permanent Fail

I'm interested in the economy of words and forms: jokes, aphorisms, copywriting, advertising, that way of writing when meaning has to be squeezed into as few words as possible.

Words Writing Advertising Meaning

The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.

Michael Mandelbaum

Opportunity Responsibility Government

Usually my ideas come from what I don't want to do, or what I find is old.

Ideas Find Want Old Come

I simply can't buy as much of some stocks such as Detection Systems or United Education & Software as I'd like because there just aren't all that many shares available.

Louis Navellier

Education Software Buy Available

David Bowie - I definitely knew some of his music as a teenager, but I didn't actually listen to his music as much until I was in my 20s.

Music Listen Knew David Bowie Some

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love Love Is Gift Above Oneself

I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.

Donatella Versace

Mother You Need Degree University

Too many veterans are poor or near poor and homeless because of it.

Homeless Veterans Poor Because Many

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