Ellen Glasgow Quotes
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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
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Dementia resembles delirium in the same way an ultra-marathon resembles a dash across the street. Same basic components, vastly different scale. If you've run delirium's course once or twice in your life, try to imagine a version that never ends.
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
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Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed.
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With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?
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Technically a memoir, 'The Woman Warrior' becomes almost magical through its inclusion of folk tales, dreams, and revisions.
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There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
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I have given you the power of choice, and you only alternate Between futile speculation and unconsidered action.
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Along the road your steps may stumbleYour thoughts may start to strayBut through it all a heart held humbleLevels and lights your way.
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I am reminded every day of my life, if not by events, then by my wife, that I am not a perfect man.
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And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long-broken urn, For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn.
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The danger hidden within Weber's charismatic celebrity is … having a predisposition to imitate any one individual must always have its negative impact especially when the role model does not feel a duty … to instantiate suitable values to adopt.
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Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.
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Out on the street I was talkin' to a man.He said 'there's so much of this life of mine that I don't understand.'You shouldn't worry I said, that ain't no crime.'Cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time, next time.
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I'm a big believer that an actor should be able to pick up any piece of material and act it, the way a good musician can.
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To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.
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Success can be as simple as the warm feeling you get when you smile at a stranger, someone you know must be lonely, and having that stranger return your smile. It can be the bringing of a child into the world and raising that child to be a good man or woman.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.
