Emily Dickinson Quotes
I took one Draught of Life -I'll tell you what I paid -Precisely an existence -The market price, they said.
Quotes to Explore
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory.
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Football is losing its heart and sense of humour.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
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If you ever want to get anywhere in life, you're going to have to push it, and somebody's going to push you to get there. End of story.
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When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.
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There is no drama like the drama on the athletic field.
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In the summer of 2007, two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and his teammate, Erislandy Lara, had been arrested in Brazil after going AWOL from the Cuban team during the Pan Am Games. The defection attempt made international news and quickly became a national soap opera, regularly appearing on Cuban news and round table discussions.
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My mom was so people-friendly. She was incredible. She'd go to the mall, and she'd talk to everyone. Give people a kiss on the cheek. I think if I wasn't pushed around a lot, I'd be great with people. Maybe I still can be.
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I took one Draught of Life -I'll tell you what I paid -Precisely an existence -The market price, they said.
