James Branch Cabell Quotes
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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We're all idealistic when young.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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Move your lymph system. Lymph is like a sewage system that carries all of the toxins out of your body.
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Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.
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I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
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Art must be a slow and normal evolution.
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We've found that employees who live full, happy lives tend to be the most effective contributors.
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One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
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The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore.
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Ted Geisel was trying to make a statement about awareness and personal responsibility. He was very clear about that. But the ideas and themes in 'The Lorax' go beyond a love of trees. It's also a story about the dangers of greed and the power of redemption. That's what makes it a timeless tale.
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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
