Emily Carr Quotes

There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness.

Emily Carr

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• The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.

  

  Maggie Gallagher
  • Power
  • Opportunity
  • Vision

• The words of truth are always paradoxical.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Truth
  • Words
  • Always

• Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • World
  • Alone
  • Wall

• A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.

  

  Ward McAllister
  • Die
  • Dinner
  • Obligation

• There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.

  

  Xenophon
  • May
  • Small
  • Best

• I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Creative
  • Media
  • Become

• I really wanted to be a writer.

  

  Nancy Meyers
  • Wanted
  • Writer
  • Really

• Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Good
  • Know
  • Understand

• Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Judge
  • Characters
  • Well

• I want to be known as A.J. Styles, the WWE Superstar that he is, and have amazing matches, make memories - I think that's the goal.

  

  A.J. Styles
  • Amazing
  • Goal
  • Memories

• Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.

  

  Barney Ross
  • Japanese
  • Attacked
  • Destroyers

• The chances of Israeli science competing with big American science are small. For almost 15 years, we had no competition.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • American
  • Science
  • Small

• I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • City
  • Kind
  • Amazing

• I hate feeling like a prisoner. I show up somewhere, and I can't explore the city because there's, like, 6,000 to 10,000 people on the lookout for me.

  

  Halsey
  • People
  • Up
  • Feeling

• I run about four to five miles, three days a week. I have four young children, so pretty much the only time I can get away is real early in the morning.

  

  Kai Ryssdal
  • Time
  • Children
  • Real

• My tools, my medium, include pictures and live actors.

  

  Gavin Hood
  • Live
  • Pictures
  • Tools

• I'm just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have 'Paranormal Activity' be released and become successful. And everything that's happened since then is just an enormous bonus.

  

  Oren Peli
  • Myself
  • Successful
  • Lucky

• There are two books that impressed me when I was very young. One was 'The Adventures of Augie March' - the idea of having something so generous, and so adventurous and improvisatory. The other was 'The U.S.A. Trilogy,' by John Dos Passos.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Me
  • Idea
  • Young

• I'm a fan of creating the mood and vibe with flowers, candles, and music. I love making my guests feel like it's not formal and they can relax in my home.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Music
  • Feel
  • Mood

• The storyboard artists job is to plan out shot for shot the whole show, write all the dialog, and decide the mood, action, jokes, pacing, etc of every scene.

  

  Craig McCracken
  • Job
  • Action
  • Mood

• Only exercise on the days you want to improve your mood.

  

  Chalene Johnson
  • Want
  • Exercise
  • Mood

• Mark Hopkins was one of the truest and best men that ever lived. He had a keen analytical mind; was thoroughly accurate, and took general supervision of the books, contracts, etc. He was strictly the office man, and never bought or sold anything. I always felt when I was in the East that our business in his hands was entirely safe.

  

  Collis Potter Huntington
  • Men
  • Mind
  • Business

• To start with you had to keep from getting arrested by the police. Then, you had to keep from getting cheated in the games. You also had to worry about collecting the money if you won. Then finally, after all that was said and done - you had to keep from getting hijacked.

  

  Doyle Brunson
  • Money
  • Done
  • Worry

• There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness.

  

  Emily Carr
  • Mood