Emily Dickinson Quotes
To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly.
Quotes to Explore
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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Race differences show up early in life.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
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I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity.
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Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.
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I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away.
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Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman.
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As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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Who would expect it so? From darkness light is brought, Life rises out of Death, And Something comes from Naught.
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One of my favorites is Angela Merkel because I think she's been an extraordinary, strong leader during difficult times in Europe, which has obvious implications for the rest of the world and, most particularly, our country... her bravery in the face of the refugee crisis is something that I am impressed by.
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For me, poetry is always a search for order.
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Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.
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Every woman, whether or not they're comfortable with the term 'feminist,' probably wants to be equal to men, and that is fundamentally what feminism is about.
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I am a man of the people, bred amongst them, and it has been the greatest joy of my life to have had some part in fighting the battles of the class from whom I am proud to have sprung.
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Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.
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To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly.
