Brenda Ueland Quotes
Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing.
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
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I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.
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Sometimes, America, when something's too bad, we don't want to look at it. We want to turn our head.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.
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As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.
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It's a terrible poison, writing.
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Most of the centenarians whom I have been able to see have been so defective mentally that all that can be studied in them are the physical qualities and functions.
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Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Bikey. Yes, that's got a nice ring to it.
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Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing.
