Emily Dickinson Quotes
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.
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We would normally play it to Cynthia or whoever was around
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I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
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Desire can attain the darkest human terror and give an actual ideal of hell and its horror.
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I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.
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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.
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Are you saying you don't love me?" Hazael asked Liraz. "Because I love you. I think." He paused in contemplation. "Oh. No. Never mind. That's fear.
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If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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I didn't know you would be here last night, but you were. We can't fight fate. Instead, we must accept that fate has given us a special opportunity.
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I'm always happy when I'm surrounded by water, I think I'm a Mermaid or I was a mermaid. The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective… it humbles you and makes you feel almost like you’ve been baptized. I feel born again when I get out of the ocean.
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Are you saying that I don't deserve love just because of the body I'm in? I wouldn't say that to you. That's horrible. I wouldn't do that to you. I deserve love. People like me deserve love because we are human.
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I like to walk into a house and go, 'Rip up the brown shag carpet and open up that wall with some French doors.'
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Trade votes in the US Congress are never really easy things.
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I take every possible side.
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Life is a mystery: you've just got to go with it.
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If we are not serious about facts and what's true and what's not. And particularly in an age of social media where so many people are getting their information in sound bites and snippets off their phones, if we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems.
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Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series.
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
