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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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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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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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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I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.
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I ripped off half my hair with a waxing strip, and it didn't grow back for, like, 5 months.
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I'm pretty good at getting things out of the way, especially paperwork. I hate it sitting about, as it somehow weighs me down.
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I like a pretty relaxed, fun set. Everyone knows they can bring whoever they want and hang out.
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As far as guitar picking, if I make the same mistakes at the same time every day, people will start calling it a style.
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Drink up, he said. Drink up. This night thy soul may be required of thee. - The judge
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The particular refugee camp we were in, they were hungry for play, they were hungry for any kind of normalcy.
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I love festivals in that people seem to let their hair down more. I love that people run from stage to stage. I love going as a performer because you get to see band that you wouldn't necessarily go see.
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The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.
