Emily Dickinson Quotes

I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!

Emily Dickinson

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• There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.

  

  Ted Demme
  • Want
  • Drug
  • Tell

• As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.

  

  Daniel Dennett
  • Mind
  • Enemy
  • Stupid

• I've bought some Lanvin snake-print wedges, so maybe you'll see me pushing the pram in those and my hotpants!

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Snake
  • Bought
  • Wedges

• The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.

  

  Jack Huston
  • Movie
  • Man
  • Stars

• It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.

  

  Kate Adie
  • Up
  • Danger
  • Protection

• In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Building
  • Fact
  • Tools

• I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.

  

  Gabriela Sabatini
  • Respect
  • Tennis
  • Through

• I'm very different to my mum. I'm not as beautiful as she is, nor - she probably despairs about this - as groomed. I certainly rebelled against her idea of looking well turned-out. I spent several years with a shaved head in jeans and baggy shirts.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Different
  • She
  • Beautiful

• I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

  

  Park Chan-wook
  • Believe
  • Really
  • Theory

• I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Society
  • Education
  • Advocate

• I work out and go to the gym, but I still enjoy my soul food and snacks. But I'm a pretty petite young woman, and I just do everything in moderation and make sure that I just keep everything together.

  

  Naturi Naughton 3LW
  • Work
  • Together
  • Soul

• Writing changed my life. It has an existential dimension, and that's the same for every writer. Every artist has a moment of awakening, of happening upon an idea that grabs hold of you, regardless of whether you are a painter or a writer.

  

  Imre Kertesz
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Moment

• May the Lord our God prepare us for every event, then comes Life or Death - it is no great matter.

  

  Nathaniel Smith
  • Life
  • Great
  • God

• Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

  

  Mae West
  • Man
  • Protect
  • Wants

• I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Sacrifice
  • Values
  • Pragmatic

• I promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life.

  

  Sacheen Littlefeather
  • Life
  • Time
  • Long

• The theme of luck comes up a lot. It's something I thought about before, why some people are lucky and some people aren't lucky. It seems like some people you meet can sort of cultivate luck, and I've always been fascinated by that.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • People
  • Up
  • Why

• Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.

  

  Dan Gertler
  • Want
  • Everyone
  • Invest

• I kind of love going to weddings - it's a guilty pleasure. I've never been the wedding-y type girl dreaming about the big day, the dress, but I always cry. Always. Even if I don't know the bride that well, I'm verklempt!

  

  Alison Brie
  • Girl
  • Guilty
  • Wedding

• Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • Time
  • Beauty
  • Sun

• My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Job
  • Being
  • Ronald Reagan

• Japanese people today think of money, just money: Where is our national spirit today? The Jieitai must be the soul of Japan. … The nation has no spiritual foundation. That is why you don’t agree with me. You will just be American mercenaries. There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Japan. … I salute the Emperor. Long live the emperor!

  

  Yukio Mishima
  • People
  • World
  • Long

• I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Sun
  • News
  • Ribbon