e. e. cummings Quotes
The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveler saying 'anywhere but here'.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I believe Karl Marx could have subscribed to the Sermon on the Mount.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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I don't know about you, but I think blankets are the best, especially your own personal blanket.
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I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.
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Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of them and sometimes depends on an especially hoary one.
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I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.
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I tried theatre. I played Miss Hannigan for a short run of Annie at a regional theatre. That was fun. I enjoyed it! I enjoy theatre and have so much respect for theatre actors.
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I still wear my trousers baggy as I did in my teens. But in a different way. I've loved trainers since my youth - limited edition, vintage, whatever. You could recognise people and judge their character through their trainers. I'm a Nike man.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible.
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You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.
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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.
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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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What is the purpose of public service? It's to solve problems for the people you represent and certainly in the United States Senate, thinking about your state and thinking about your country as well.
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My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
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All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.
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If my subject is alive and is willing to talk to me, I will do it. But I always try to find people who were close, like lovers and family members and work colleagues - because we are what we think we are, but we're also the perception that others have of us. The truth is a sphere. There's always a hidden face.
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Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.
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Beirut turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked.
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The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveler saying 'anywhere but here'.
