Emily Dickinson Quotes
I think Heaven will not be as good as earth, unless it bring with it that sweet power to remember, which is the staple of Heaven here.
Quotes to Explore
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
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If you're going to self - publish, you need to know why you're doing it, what you want to accomplish, and how you plan to implement that.
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You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.
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All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
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My workout is ballet class and rehearsal - I've never belonged to a gym.
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I do take pride in saying that in spite of being in public life for so long, there is not a single case against me, not even for wrongly parking a scooter or driving on the wrong side.
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice.
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Nothing is impossible to us, except of course, that which is contrary to the laws of nature and the Universe.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.
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I think I went through early years of my career sort of thinking, "Well, maybe I'm just not British enough." And I always remember my father saying to me, "Don't think you're English, because however English you feel, some Englishman is going to remind you that you're not." Now, for him it must have been a much more acute experience, because he immigrated to England. I was born there, so I kind of felt I had the right to assume that I was British, but it's true. The English are a very warm and welcoming people, but there's a streak in there that reminds you, occasionally.
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I think Heaven will not be as good as earth, unless it bring with it that sweet power to remember, which is the staple of Heaven here.
