Emily Dickinson Quotes
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
Emily Dickinson
Quotes to Explore
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I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.
Zach Galifianakis
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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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There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
Safak Pavey
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I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.
Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants
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Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don't think because it's an hour of your Thursday night rather than an hour and a half of your weekend that you should be gypped at all in quality.
Maggie Q
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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
Quentin Crisp
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I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
W. C. Fields
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I don't do celebrity endorsements. My work with Conservation International is a good use of whatever celebrity I might have to draw attention to important problems. I have the same responsibility as everyone to reduce consumption and to teach children to respect the environment.
Harrison Ford
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A celebrity has just as much right to speak out as people who hold real jobs. This is America, after all, and you should not be precluded from voicing your opinions just because you sing songs, mouth other peoples' words on a sitcom or, for that matter, spin a giant multi-colored wheel on a game show.
Pat Sajak
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'A Talk to Teachers' is emblematic of Baldwin's proclivity for candor over political appeasement and, like much of his work, focusses on history and the American consciousness.
Clint Smith
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I never thought I'd be a, quote, 'rock & roll star.'
Clarence Clemons
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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
Emily Dickinson
