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 think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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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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My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
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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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People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.
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The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Fading, fading: strength beyond hope and despair climbing the third stair. Lord, I am not worthy Lord, I am not worthy but speak the word only.
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You only can live on adrenaline for so long; one thing is for sure, it doesn't pay the bills.
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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...
