James Branch Cabell Quotes
Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.
Quotes to Explore
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Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
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I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.
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You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.
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Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity for people who think like takers to express themselves.
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.
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The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.
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I love it when people travel to see one of my works, and I always make time to meet and talk with them.
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Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.
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People see me because I'm winning my fights. That's how I want people seeing me.
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.
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I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.
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I used many times to touch my own chest and feel, under its asthmatic quiver, the engine of the heart and lungs and blood and feel amazed at what I sensed was the enormity of the power I possessed. Not magical power, but real power. The power simply to go on, the power to endure, that is power enough, but I felt I had also the power to create, to add, to delight, to amaze and to transform.
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Once you put songs out, they're not yours anymore. They're everyone else's.
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So many women have had to make these sacrifices - putting off having kids, letting their husbands down - for some career opportunity. Mine just happened to be covering the woman trying to become the first woman president.
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Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.
