"I have no question: It is enough, I know what fixed the station Of star and cloud. And knowing all, I cry. . . ."

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William Butler Yeats

#Stars Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Clouds Quotes

“I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen.”

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“Genius is the father of a heavenly line, but the mortal mother, that is industry.”
“The selective instinct of the artist tells him when his language should be homely, and when it should be more elevated; and it is precisely in the imperceptible blending of the plain with the ornate that a great writer is distinguished. He uses the simplest phrases without triviality, and the grandest without a suggestion of grandiloquence.”
“It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests.”
“I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.”
“As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.”
“Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.”
“You know, it's just politics, it's a game grown-ups like to play, like we lil' children play with toys.”

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