Ellen Glasgow Quotes
I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the Creator and the God-like force in their own souls.
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I believe in music.
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To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can't stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do 'anything.' If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.
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Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
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My parents worked in the film industry, but they both worked behind the camera, so I like to think that I have a really good understanding of how all the parts of the puzzle come together to make a film or TV show.
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I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My dad was majorly into jazz, which was absolutely a big influence on me, even if it was more subconsciously as a kid.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
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Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.
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A lot of people found themselves working at the Factory and some even in his bed as a result of random occurrences like your call. Most famous artists have never been all that interested in meeting strangers. That was not the case with Andy Warhol at all.
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If I had Sirius FM and fire-breathing in a giant puppy dragon, I'd be golden.
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I will support my party when they are right on an issue, but am not afraid to stand up to party bosses who are not looking out for the best interests of my constituents and our country.
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I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.
