Wallace Stevens Quotes
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
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A lot of women in sport tend to take on a very masculine, aggressive look. They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.
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I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.
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Downloading songs is not good.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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To open yourself up and open your heart, it's a scary thing in life, let alone a movie.
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I tend to sleep in the nude... I'm a sensual-leaning woman. You have to use the word 'leaning' or it sounds like I'm boasting.
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I don't want to live on past records.
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I don't know how 'X Factor' works. I was only there as a guest judge for a day. But I watched 'The Voice' a lot; I respected how it came across on TV, and I love the freedom we get as coaches to do what we want.
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It's essential to feel beautiful to oneself. Not in an egotistical way, but in a self-loving way.
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A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.
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I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people.
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Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird.
