Pauline Gedge Quotes
The night folded around them with a sweetness and poignancy heightened by the new pale stars that prickled silver fire in the water of the lily ponds, by the scented winds, and by the nearness of each other.
Quotes to Explore
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Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
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I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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Between 1776 and 1789, Americans replaced a government over them with a government under them. They have worried ever since about keeping it under. Distrust of its powers has been more common and more visible than distrust of the imperial authority of England ever was before the Revolution.
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I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
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I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.
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I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.
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How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.
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I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or interior design or something. I like clutter and I'm quite visually greedy. I can't have things to be plain; I have to have things looking interesting... maybe I'm just a frustrated interior designer stuck in a singing career.
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Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement studio to help me with my creative projects.
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It was not necessary and might even have been disadvantageous for a government to claim a direct personal commission and communion of the kind God had given some rulers in the Old Testament. A working government might need the support of the Church but not of God Himself in a voice from on high.
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I don't worry about stress. I create it.
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I have lost stories and many starts of novels before. Not always as punishment for 'telling,' but more often as a result of something having gone cold and dead because of a hiatus. Telling, you see, is the same as a hiatus. It means you're not doing it.
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I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.
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I've always been influenced by the human form. I'm a big fan of that Shakespeare quote. I tend to leave out the bad part of the paragon of animals quote, because I have this sort of Ayn Rand aesthetic. It was always one of those quotes that inspired me.
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You don't want to get too ahead of yourself and go out thinking you can play stadiums every night, and they end up being about half-full.
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The night folded around them with a sweetness and poignancy heightened by the new pale stars that prickled silver fire in the water of the lily ponds, by the scented winds, and by the nearness of each other.
