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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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'm a writer first and a singer second.
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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 feel like, if there's an elephant in the room, I'd really like to start off by introducing the elephant in the room. And sometimes it's funny.
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None of us has control over the economy, the job market, or anything else in the global sense. But we are 100% in charge of how we respond to challenges that come our way, be it the loss of a job, a career derailment, or some other disappointment.
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When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the former.
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I often will state things strongly if I think that it's important.
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I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.
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My fans want me with my hair.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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The joy of juxtaposition is endless.
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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.
