Joanna Baillie Quotes
Think'st thou there are no serpents in the worldBut those who slide along the grassy sod,And sting the luckless foot that presses them?There are who in the path of social lifeDo bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun,And sting the soul.
Quotes to Explore
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I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy. So, the way that they score things at the end doesn't seem very consistent to me.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's so hard to deal with and sometimes the gap starts to happen.
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Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father had taken the decision to pull me out of school altogether. Everything I needed, he reasoned, could be found within the rich language of Shakespeare's plays at which, by then, I was something of an old hand.
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
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Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.
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It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.
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May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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If somebody says I'm a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it's the ultimate compliment.
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Always stay true to who you are - barriers can and will be broken!
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In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebuscrescendi posuere modum.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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I have always been amazed at my contemporaries’ lack of finesse, I whose soul writhed from morning to night, in the mere quest of itself.
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All you ladies that are selling your souls, you need to put your hooker vibes on hold.
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Think'st thou there are no serpents in the worldBut those who slide along the grassy sod,And sting the luckless foot that presses them?There are who in the path of social lifeDo bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun,And sting the soul.
