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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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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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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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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MWA and The Author's Guild refused to accept me as a member.
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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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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
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When it comes to the Internet, people like dealing with people.
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev is telling no tales. The older of the two brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings was likely the one who planned the attack, but when he died in a shootout with police just days after the blasts, his thoughts and motivations vanished with him.
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Drag wasn't really on Broadway. It was considered low-class.
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The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.
