Ellen Glasgow Quotes
Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote for another blowout.
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When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one.
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I love to eat a lot, but I try to eat healthy stuff. Especially when you're riding, sometimes I get hooked up with the cycling and when you're riding three, four, five hours, then you can put whatever you want in your body.
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When I'm recording my album, I want to be acting, or when I'm on set, I want to be making music. I guess we'll see how it turns out and which one overpowers the other... but I couldn't really see my life without them, both of them.
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I believe much of the pain of a breakup comes from having a life plan that you have fallen in love with. When it does not work out, you become angry that you now have to pursue a new life plan.
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My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.
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You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.
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I learned to be a hot-air balloon pilot to take tourists over the Masai Mara Reserve in order to earn some money and finance the work I was doing with my wife, Anne. We were studying the life of a family of lions for more than two years. Taking pictures was a way to capture information we could not put in words.
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Just as we send young American Jews to Israel through the Birthright program, we need to also consider a 'reverse Birthright' for Israeli kids to come see America.
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The space program is not only scientific in purpose but also is an expression of man's insistent determination to do the nearly impossible - to explore the unknown, even at great risk.
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I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with? Probably the one that I haven't hung most with recently.
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Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays.
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There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.
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I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.
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Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
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The Vatican's recognition of the State of Israel in 1997 could not have occurred without John Paul's leadership.
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People don't need to feel scared about a leather pant. Think of it as a jean alternative: it's the same thing. It's almost like they're your yoga pants, but they look chic.
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I became a fitness fiend when I was about 17 or 18.
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You never know what's going to happen. That's why I like acting. It's precious to me to be able to live more than one life.
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Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.
