e. e. cummings Quotes

Whatever's merely willful, and not miraculous (be never it so skilful) must wither fail and cease - but better than to grow beauty knows no.

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• I want to make smart choices.

  

  Samantha Barks
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• Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.

  

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• Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.

  

  Camila Alves
  • People
  • Up
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• The reason our games generate so much revenue is because we're stupid enough to charge $60 for a box or $50 for a download or something. You need used games because most people can't afford those prices.

  

  Warren Spector
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• My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.

  

  Sam Abell
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• When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza.

  

  Iman
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• We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
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• Guys understand a waistline. They understand a silhouette.

  

  L'Wren Scott
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  • Silhouette

• If I had a robot friend, he or she would be electric.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • She
  • Friend
  • Robot

• My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.'

  

  Kareena Kapoor Khan
  • Yourself
  • Selfish
  • Camera

• When 'Attachments' came out and people liked it, I'd have a warm feeling of having made a connection.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • People
  • Feeling
  • Connection

• I think I've found a purpose in acting; it's something I truly love and truly enjoy. It makes me happy. It makes me understand more about life, in front of the camera, than what I'm living beyond the camera.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Life
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• After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Good
  • Failure
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• People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Think
  • Shoes

• I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other's sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship.

  

  Patricia Arquette
  • Love
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• When I am really angry, I clam up, go cold.

  

  Ram Kapoor
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• A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.

  

  Jack Vance

• Dawn, ever bearing some divine increase Of beauty, love, and wisdom round the world, Dawn, like a wild-rose in the fields of heaven Washed grey with dew, awoke, and found the barque At anchor in a little land-locked bay.

  

  Alfred Noyes
  • World
  • Wisdom
  • Heaven

• I crave fit disposition for my wife; Due reference of place, and exhibition; With such accommodation, and besort, As levels with her breeding.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Wife
  • Fit
  • Disposition

• His life story was the story of Patricia and him, after all, for better or worse, and if she ended his life might go on, but his story would be over. He tripped

  

  Charlie Jane Anders
  • Story
  • Him
  • Ended

• We are working around the clock to ensure Baltimore City remains at peace, as it has throughout the day.  The presence of the National Guard, Maryland State Police, and other law enforcement officials will continue in the days to come to ensure order is fully restored for the citizens of Baltimore.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Law
  • Peace
  • City

• We want the reading experience of digital comics to be as simple as tapping a tablet or an arrow key or mouse button to move forward or back.

  

  Mark Waid
  • Experience
  • Reading
  • Simple

• Whatever's merely willful, and not miraculous (be never it so skilful) must wither fail and cease - but better than to grow beauty knows no.

  

  e. e. cummings