Edgar Lee Masters Quotes
The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life.
Quotes to Explore
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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We are all totally committed as elite athletes. To think that pushing people around and bullying them is the best way to get results out of them is just ludicrous.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets Girl,' 'Will Boy Get Girl?'
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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I have truly eclectic taste in music, and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll go from Beethoven to Sigur Ros; world music, Brit-pop, classic rock, blues/jazz, even the odd bit of heavy metal.
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
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For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them. What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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I feel very strongly indeed that a Cambridge education for our scientists should include some contact with the humanistic side. The gift of expression is important to them as scientists; the best research is wasted when it is extremely difficult to discover what it is all about ... It is even more important when scientists are called upon to play their part in the world of affairs, as is happening to an increasing extent.
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It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.
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The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life.
