Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes
Lady beware. Fan not the harmless glow Of admiration into ardent love, Lean not with red curled smiling lips above The flickering spark of sinless flame, and blow, Lest in the sudden waking of desire Thou, like the child, shalt perish in the fire.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I'm re-teaming with the producers of 'Twilight,' whom I love and who I have an amazing relationship with.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
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The reality is that not only were we massively hit in 2008 when the bubble burst, and then we realized how deep the social gap, the economic gap in the world is between the super rich and the poor; also, we realized how impacted the environment has been. So there's been a physical consequence of that.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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I go home, and I'm a blob. I just lay there and don't do anything - lay by the pool with the other husbands while the wives work. It's fantastic. It's really good. That's kind of our life at home.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.
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If you want the truth rather than merely something to say, you will have a good deal less to say.
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Lady beware. Fan not the harmless glow Of admiration into ardent love, Lean not with red curled smiling lips above The flickering spark of sinless flame, and blow, Lest in the sudden waking of desire Thou, like the child, shalt perish in the fire.
