Emily Dickinson Quotes

She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.

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• I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Great
  • Success
  • Road

• There's nothing unnatural in creation.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
  • Nothing
  • Creation
  • Unnatural

• When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Time
  • Long
  • Play

• I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • God
  • Bad
  • Earth

• I don't know how people recognize me.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • People
  • Know
  • Me

• I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • Good
  • Success
  • Light

• You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.

  

  Venus Williams
  • You
  • Learn
  • Mistakes

• When I started wrestling, I started only to get in shape. I found out that a wrestling school had opened in Ireland, and I wanted to go because I was hanging out with the wrong crowd and I wanted to turn my life around.

  

  Becky Lynch
  • Life
  • School
  • My Life

• The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Great
  • Why
  • Game

• I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Love
  • Art
  • Sound

• I love hip hop. It's such an appendage for me. It's something that's always shaped my experience out in the world.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • World
  • Experience
  • Always

• It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • Up
  • Animal
  • Bird

• The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

  

  Faye Wattleton
  • Parents
  • Powerful
  • Influence

• My mom is probably the only person shorter than me that I'm scared of. Still to this day. She's, like, five-two, maybe.

  

  Nate Robinson
  • Me
  • Mom
  • Person

• Let your children go if you want to keep them.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • Children
  • Want
  • You

• Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity.

  

  Magnus Larsson
  • Human
  • Create
  • Activity

• They sang of love, and not of fame;Forgot was Britain's glory;Each heart recalled a different name,But all sang Annie Lawrie.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • Different
  • Heart

• Éramos yo y el mar. Y el mar estaba solo y solo yo. Uno de los dos faltaba.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• 'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Life
  • Work
  • Love

• All progress is the work of individuals.

  

  Ayn Rand
  • Work
  • Progress

• For me, you can't be a big fat pig up there, slovenly and singing croaky and whatnot. You have to work.

  

  Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
  • Up
  • Work
  • Singing

• For freedom's battle, once begun,Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,Though baffled oft, is ever won.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Freedom
  • Son

• People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.

  

  Anna Quindlen
  • People
  • She
  • Girl

• She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Work
  • Wife
  • Rose