Emily Dickinson Quotes
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
Emily Dickinson
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at utilising body parts as letters.
Tavi Gevinson
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
Laura Linney
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
Paloma Faith
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When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone.
Sally Mann
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Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
Abraham Lincoln
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Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.
Madeleine Stowe
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I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.
Chadwick Boseman
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Even when writing your own poems, you need to talk to people; you need to magpie around, getting words and things. I'm very against the celebrity culture that wants to say: 'this is a genius, this is one person who has done something brilliant.' There are always a hundred people in the background who have helped to make it.
Alice Oswald
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To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will Smith - they're built for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character guy.
Jamie Foxx
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Rain falls, wind blows, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away; these phenomena are all interrelated with causes and conditions, are brought about by them, and disappear as the causes and conditions change.
Gautama Buddha
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I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.
Yoko Ono
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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
Emily Dickinson