Emily Dickinson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you chucked a rapper in a film, they could just act. It seemed like all rappers could act.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods.
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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
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People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
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I hate being too pretty.
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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My mom is a sculptress.
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I'm as heterosexual as any person need be. I'm open about my relationships - or lack thereof - in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn't contagious. It's not something that you can catch or learn or choose.
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But search the land of living men,Where wilt thou find their like again?
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MIRRORMENTBirds are flowers flyingand flowers perched birds.
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I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must.
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I think I've learned not to take everything so seriously and just try to focus on the work the most.
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Man is born to eat.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden.
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I never lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod.
