James Branch Cabell Quotes
I do that which I do in every place. Here also, at the gateway of that garden into which time has not entered, I fight with time my ever-losing battle, because to do that diverts me.
Quotes to Explore
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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Our society is divided by the culture wars into the Left and Right, and the United Methodist Church has always stood historically in the center and has been willing to listen to and to bring together those things that often are found in opposite camps.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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I like new challenges and new experiences.
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Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller.
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We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio - all that noise, that artifice.
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I just finished a Jackie Chan movie, yes. That was an experience. I can mark that off on my bucket list.
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When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.
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Productivity doesn't have to be complicated. It can be easily boosted through a manageable combination of the right tools, resources, and habits to make the most of your time.
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Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.
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I do that which I do in every place. Here also, at the gateway of that garden into which time has not entered, I fight with time my ever-losing battle, because to do that diverts me.
