Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes
Who would attain to summits still and fair,Must nerve himself through valleys of despair.
Quotes to Explore
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The people I am most interested in are the ones on the edge of losing everything and falling into the last bit of despair. I'm trying to write about how people exist on that edge and how they can come back.
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Gospel music always relaxes me and calms my nerves.
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Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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All this flying around got on my nerves. But then I gave the script to Cathy to get her opinion. When she started to laugh, it was like 'That's it!'. I went to LA and I got the part.
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For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.
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The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time.
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I still don't know if I can write songs. I don't think anyone ever knows if they can write songs.
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I still got the nasty in me.
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I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.
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If I photograph you I don't have you, I have a photograph of you. It's got its own thing. That's really what photography, still photography, is about.
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Blake did what we needed him to do for us tonight. My nerves were a little shabby at the beginning of the game, but it's good to know that we have a guy that will go out and battle for us. He's going to give us a chance to win every time he takes the mound.
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I can do something with almost anything I see. Everything is still interesting to me.
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Science still won't explain the mysterious nature of love and despair.
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There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today.
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I still follow Chelsea's fortunes.
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Umpiring, the only job in the world where you can screw up on a daily basis and still have one!
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The path to joy leads through despair.
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If you're not mentally tough, If nerves undo you instead of focus you, If you don't have the inner arrogance That you absolutely have what it takes to win, If you don't see, in your mind's eye, A picture of yourself winning - then you won't win; And not because you can't.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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The devils more orthodox than some theologians I know.
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I don't really have a life philosophy; my thing is just rebelling against pretty much organized religion. That is my main thing, because personally I think it's a crutch for people that are too weak to get through life on their own. I'm the kind of guy that says if I don't see it, then it doesn't work. And nobody can show me God.
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Who would attain to summits still and fair,Must nerve himself through valleys of despair.
