James Russell Lowell Quotes
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
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I fell in love with doing yoga.
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Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.
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When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.
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The recreational golfer who gives it careful thought will conclude that the favorite golf hole in his life played downhill, gradually or severely, and normally was downwind as well.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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Our whole wedding cost 180 bucks. Afterward, we re-heated lasagna for everyone and set off fireworks.
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The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.
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Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.
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It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.
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I'm bad; I wear trainers with everything: with a dress, skirts, all of that.
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I found that gloss paint suited me entirely, and its qualities still intrigue me. It's viscous and fluid and feels like a pool. It's highly reflective, which means there are layers of looking. You look at the picture, and you look at the surface, then you look at the reflection in the surface behind you, then you look at yourself.
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Our culture has long mistrusted the body. It's been seen as a confusing blend of God's handiwork and the devil's playground. It is, rather, a vortex of intelligence.
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What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.
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I've just tried to be a responsible person and pay my bills. But whatever it is I do, I want to do the best I can.
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The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they're successful, people get bored.
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Though old the thought and oft expressed,'Tis his at last who says it best.
