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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My role is to embody the Black Opium woman - I suppose you have to be the living embodiment of all the intangible things the brand stands for.
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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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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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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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I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it.
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Care and pity are two different things.
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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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I began to wonder - I knew I was an artist or wanted to be one - but I was wondering whether I really was an artist. I was doing such ordinary things that I could feel the difference. Most people would look at those things and say, 'Well, that's nothing. What did you do that for? That's just a wreck of a car or a wreck of a man. That's nothing. That isn't art.' They don't say that anymore.
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I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there.
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I hate to plan my life.
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Electric technology is directly related to our central nervous systems, so it is ridiculous to talk of 'what the public wants' played over its own nerves. (p. 68)
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I usually sleep just a few hours a night.
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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.
