Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
It was because it was so full of white wings that Fairhaven was such a happy place; wings of the yachts, of the seagulls, and of the swans . . . . White wings are for ever happy, symbols of escape and ascent, of peace and of joy, and a spot of earth about which they beat is secure of its happiness.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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I've never had friends, and I don't like to be around big groups of people.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second.
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The cock does not crow till it has thrice flapped its wings; the parrot in moving among boughs never puts its feet excepting where it has first put its beak. Vows are not made till Hope is dead.
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My life is perfectly happy and giggly and I'm perfectly grateful every day; if there are problems to have, the ones I have are the ones to have; I'm lucky.
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How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?
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So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there.
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And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
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I did a couple of American Express commercials.
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I think the reason novels are regarded to have so much more 'information' than films is that they outsource the scenic design and cinematography to the reader... This, for me, is a powerful argument for the value and potency of literature specifically. Movies don't demand as much from the player. Most people know this; at the end of the day you can be too beat to read but not yet too beat to watch television or listen to music.
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It was because it was so full of white wings that Fairhaven was such a happy place; wings of the yachts, of the seagulls, and of the swans . . . . White wings are for ever happy, symbols of escape and ascent, of peace and of joy, and a spot of earth about which they beat is secure of its happiness.
