Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

Through strife the slumbering soul awakes, We learn on error's troubled route The truths we could not prize without The sorrow of our sad mistakes.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Cooking is like music: you can tell when someone puts love into it. I come from a place where there was so much attention to detail. The population is smaller in the South, so more attention is given to serving smaller numbers of people.

Taylor Hicks
- Music
- Attention
- Like
Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.

Quentin Blake
- People
- Think
- Want
I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.

Daisy Berkowitz
- Harmony
- Florida
- Rocket
Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.

L'Wren Scott
- Time
- Good
- Men
We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.

H. R. McMaster
- War
- Always
- Progress
My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.

Carice van Houten
- Father
- Forever
- Dance