Emily Dickinson Quotes

Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it, Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee, Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it, Not to partake thy passion, my humility.

Emily Dickinson

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• I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.

  

  Ed Helms
  • Business
  • City
  • Universe

• I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Kind
  • Sucker

• As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Friends
  • Child
  • Classmates

• While the 20th century saw the world divided between a Communist East and a free and democratic West, new and different struggles define the 21st.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • World
  • Different
  • Free

• I was pregnant, and, like, 'Being a mom's going to be easy!' And now I'm like, 'Great.'

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Great
  • Mom
  • Easy

• It's quite fun to mess with the human voice. It's quite special in the sense that the voice is the #1 instrument that we can connect with; it doesn't sound too alien. I think that's the key is to find the line between sounding human and sounding robotic. That's an area that I like to explore a lot.

  

  Flume
  • Fun
  • Voice
  • Explore

• When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

  

  Tacitus
  • Good
  • Men
  • Bad

• The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.

  

  Dan Castellaneta
  • World
  • Think
  • Worry

• The only way to find peace is when you are not separated, when you are not fighting, when you part of the whole.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Peace
  • Fighting
  • Find

• The best world is one in which all countries cooperate with one another to kind of meet each other's needs and be partners in the process.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • World
  • Best
  • Process

• I was always running off to the city, whether it was Philly or New York, going somewhere where there was something more for me.

  

  Halsey
  • Me
  • Running
  • City

• I'm trying everything. But voice work is the best thing you ever imagined. It's not about how you look, and you can go to work in your PJs.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • Work
  • Trying
  • Best

• The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.

  

  Vicente del Bosque
  • World
  • Interesting
  • Win

• Take responsibility. Step up and step in. Because at the end of the day, folks, we are our behaviors.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Up
  • Day
  • Responsibility

• I have visited (Burma) and I know that there is only one instrument of government, and that is the army...If I were Aung San Suu Kyi, I think I'd rather be behind a fence and be a symbol than after two or three years, be found impotent.

  

  Lee Kuan Yew
  • Army
  • Fence

• I really didn't get it until very late in 2005 and 2006.

  

  Alan Greenspan

• Science already contained all that was necessary, if you just brought it out.

  

  Arthur Young
  • Science

• My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies.

  

  Bill Paxton
  • Father

• The time of universal peace is near. Prove this a prosp'rous day, the three-nooked world Shall bear the olive freely.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • World
  • Earth
  • Peace

• Villains and plots and enemies are simple things to me. But friendships are complicated, and love is harder still. It has wounded me deeper than a sword ever could.

  

  Jennifer A. Nielsen
  • Love
  • Enemies
  • Friendships

• When I was happily married and found myself pregnant, I just thought that this would be just the next, normal chapter. I was absolutely thrilled. So what a surprise it was when it turned out to be the hardest thing I've ever done.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Done
  • Myself
  • Thought

• In order to excel at anything, there are always hurdles, obstacles, or challenges one must get past. It's what bodybuilders call the pain period. Those who push themselves, and are willing to face pain, exhaustion, humiliation, rejection, or worse, are the ones who become champions. The rest are left on the sidelines.

  

  Neil Strauss
  • Past
  • Pain
  • Rest

• Tom Cruise has-we all have-the right to practice how we feel...don't judge someone until they have tossed your salad.

  

  John Travolta
  • Practice
  • Feels
  • Judge

• Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it, Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee, Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it, Not to partake thy passion, my humility.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Pain
  • Proud
  • Humility