Walt Whitman Quotes
I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
Quotes to Explore
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.
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One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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I remember reading a 'Scientific American' article about the use of new physical techniques - including neutron scattering - as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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I went to about one frat party a year. A year seemed to be enough time for me to forget how much I didn't like frat parties, and my friends would eventually convince me to go to one. Cheap beer, guys looking for a quick hook-up, and girls playing 'dumb' to get in on the hook-up. I just never got into it.
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When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated.
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Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.
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I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.
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New Orleans will always be in my heart. New Orleans raised me - it's in my blood.
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Get smart, work hard and remain truthful to those who have taught you something to better love and serve your dancing.
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There's no doubt I was a bit of a misfit in the Hollywood of the forties. The race for glamour left me far behind. I didn't really want to keep up. I wanted my stardom without the usual trimmings. Because of this, I was branded a rebel at the very least. But I don't regret that for a minute. My appetite was my own and I simply wouldn't have it any other way.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
