Emily Dickinson Quotes
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
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You go where you think it's good for your work and your soul to go. I need to go someplace where I am reminded about why I wanted to act in the first place, and for me, that's the theater.
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Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
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Whether I like it or not, I've become influential to people.
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Impatience is a virtue.
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I'm pro Union.
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When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.
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Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
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The people with the strong, brave exteriors are just as weak and vulnerable as the rest of us. And of course they never admit to their childish practices, their moments of weakness or absurdity, and then the rest of us think that’s how it should be.
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I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on.
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Of course, I love football, but I'm not one of those die-hard fans that never miss a game or with rooms devoted to team colors. At the end of the day, it's just a game.
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I literally touched down in Kosovo and the president, prime minister and mayor were waiting for me to get off the plane. Apparently that's unheard of. They don't wait for nobody.
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Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.
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An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth.
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When you have been to the lowest part of your life, you have no choice but to sit back and just think about things. You just pay attention to so much more.
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The best-dressed women I know pay very little attention to the picayune aspects of fashion, but they have a sound understanding of style.
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I am very fortunate to be doing something I completely love, so it is certainly not hard to get motivated. Watching people sing along and put their hands in the air is a very powerful thing. I'm 63, but I don't feel it. I feel like I'm in my 40s. I enjoy life.
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If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
