Bliss Carman Quotes
What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
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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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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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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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Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.
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People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.
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I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn't pronounce certain words at all. She thought that if I wrote something, I would use words I could pronounce. I began writing little poems. I began to write short stories, too.
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There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.
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When you walk away from God, and you walk away from Christ, you're basically uprooting the very foundations of being. So I don't think there is an easy way to do that. Even for the guy who becomes an atheist out of it, it's messy. It ain't pretty.
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You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit - are made of glass. If you drop these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.
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I love 'South Pacific.' It's got beautiful music. But there have been so many, you know, renditions of this in high school or college productions.
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What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
