Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes
This dream of our youth will fade out as the splendor Fades from the skies when the sun sinks to sleep.
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I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
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So, I'm on 'Sesame Street,' walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. 'Sesame Street' is just a crazy great place to be.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
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But it's not just a game of finding literary references.
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Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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We need a new British business bank with a clean balance sheet and an ability to expand lending rapidly to the manufacturers, exporters and high-growth companies that power our economy. Today I can announce we will have one.
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And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal.
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Well, you know, it's fun to sign autographs still for me. I don't sign that many.
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Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'There's a demon in those eyes and no one can see it but me!'
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If you go off into general-interest magazines, often women are being shoved aside into various ghettos that perpetuate the problem. Women's interests are specialized, they're secondary; they're somewhere over to the side of the serious work that's being done. Throughout history, there have been ladies' magazines, ladies' journals, and for years there have been women writers who would refuse to participate in women-only sort projects because of that stigma.
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People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It's surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser.
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It is the asymmetry of the bonus system that got us here. No incentives without disincentives: capitalism is about rewards and punishments, not just rewards.
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You can't find the sound if you just love sleep.
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This dream of our youth will fade out as the splendor Fades from the skies when the sun sinks to sleep.
