James Branch Cabell Quotes
The transfiguring touch was to come, it seemed from a girl's lips; but it had not; he kissed, and life remained uncharmed. ...at the bottom of his heart, he was still expecting the transfiguring touch to come, some day, from something he was to obtain or do, perhaps to-morrow.... Then he had by accident found out the sigil's power...
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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I'm a very lucky girl.
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I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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Recently, a friend sent me the online musings of a televangelist who advised his thousands of followers that the Federal Reserve achieved satanic ends by manipulating the world's money supply. Paranoia has replaced piety.
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As an HR Manager, you don't have to build a top-down perks program. You decide how much you want to invest in your employees, and then you give your employees the control to build a custom perk package for themselves.
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I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.
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What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.
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Thinking of possibilities is like driving a car on a freeway. You have an open road that stretches endlessly before you where your thoughts are not shackled. But when we say 'impossible,' we have already reached a dead-end in our minds. So dwell on possibilities to open up your horizon.
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of my devotees.
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By nature of the job, most actors are striking, remarkable, and alpha.
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Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to feel alone in a world full of victims or enemies.
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Everything you study, everything you learn, makes you a better writer, because you have more understanding of how things work.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.
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The transfiguring touch was to come, it seemed from a girl's lips; but it had not; he kissed, and life remained uncharmed. ...at the bottom of his heart, he was still expecting the transfiguring touch to come, some day, from something he was to obtain or do, perhaps to-morrow.... Then he had by accident found out the sigil's power...
