Emily Dickinson Quotes

Dreams are the subtle Dower That make us rich an Hour Then fling us poor Out of the purple door.

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I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.
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I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
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If you like a man and he likes you, you should get married as fast as you can. Otherwise, you both are going to change your minds. There's plenty of time for that after marriage.
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Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.
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To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.
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I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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People just get kicks out of making other people sad.
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I like the work that I get to do.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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What fortitude the Soul contains, That it can so endure The accent of a coming Foot- The opening of a Door.
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I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
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A rich man's joke is always funny.
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
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I was looking for an opportunity to make my first feature, so I asked myself: "What do you want to do? Is there something you can give to the world?"
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Dreams are the subtle Dower That make us rich an Hour Then fling us poor Out of the purple door.