Bliss Carman Quotes
What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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I wanted to create flats that are as chic as heels - flats you don't have to apologize for.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.
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They got into fact checking at the 'Paris Review,' and it was mortifying. There was a wrangle about Hemingway's lost stories that nearly killed me. It turns out he didn't lose those stories. They weren't stolen from the platform.
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Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
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If I don't have room for an item, I put it in warehouses.
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I would rather listen to plays in the car than read them.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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I actually got an initial sense of how big 'Outlander' was going to be on Twitter. We're all on there to help promote the show and also interact with the fans.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.
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Succeeding makes us feel good. But beating someone else makes us feel really good. Comparing ourselves to others and coming out on top creates a sense of entitlement. And when we feel entitled, we cheat more because, of course, the rules don't apply to awesome people like us.
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I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
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Littlenecks and cherrystones are chewy and sweet on the half shell with mignonette, served raw. But a well-cooked clam is a toothsome, tender thing, full of that magical stuff known as clam liquor.
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I think the most important thing for your life is the way you interpret things. Having an optimistic point of view is so important - your life will be so bright.
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I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.
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Labels are actually not to make us understand things better: they are actually to ostracise and discriminate that what does not belong to the majority.
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Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.
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I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush.
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What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
