Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes
We waste half our strength in a useless regretting; We sit by old tombs in the dark too long.
Quotes to Explore
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We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness.
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I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.
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Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.
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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
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When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.
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It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people assume you're a Democrat.
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Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.
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Everything happens to me. I've never had a streak of luck in my life.
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I follow a dairy-free and gluten-free diet, which can be challenging in some places.
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In my culture, whispering in the company of others is considered rude.
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You never know what you're going to end up with when you sit down to write something. At the end, if it holds, it can do this multifarious thing - which is to open things rather than close them, to make them bigger rather than smaller, to cross those divides which we live every day of our lives.
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I've struggled with depression, and the signs that I was falling apart - having heart palpitations at 4 A.M. - were there for a long time before I paid attention. Even when my psychiatrist gave me a questionnaire, I found myself trying to circle the answers that made me seem like I wasn't a wreck. I've since learned to listen to my body.
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We waste half our strength in a useless regretting; We sit by old tombs in the dark too long.
